[Grem] Family synod expected to 'massively endorse' Church teaching

[Emoke Greschik]

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Cardinal Pell expects synod to ‘massively endorse’ Church teaching
by *Staff Reporter <http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/author/staff-reporter/>*
posted Monday, 11 May 2015
http://www.catholicherald.co.uk/news/2015/05/11/cardinal-pell-expects-synod-to-massively-endorse-church-teaching/
  [image: Cardinal Pell spoke after the conference on the family (CNS)]
Cardinal Pell spoke after the conference on the family (CNS)

The cardinal was speaking at the Voice of the Family conference in Rome on
Saturday

*Cardinal George Pell* has said he *expects that the upcoming synod on the
family to “massively endorse” the Church’s traditional teaching.*

The cardinal made his comments at the Voice of the Family conference in
Rome on Saturday.

*“Christ is very clear about divorce and not quite as important, but nearly
as important, St Paul is very clear about the conditions that are required
for a proper reception of Communion,”* he said, according to LifeSiteNews
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-pell-i-expect-the-synod-will-massively-endorse-tradition-on-commun>
.

“I think in fact that the synod will massively endorse the tradition.”

Speaking during a question and answer section, he added: “The teaching of
St John Paul the Great is the teaching of the Church. *I believe that the
(Synod) delegates will recognise that the Christian tradition of St John
Paul the Great, Benedict, the Council of Trent. I don’t anticipate any
deviation.”*

The Voice of the Family group, a coalition of pro-life and pro-family
organisations, is committed to supporting the bishops at the synod which is
scheduled to take place in October.

In an interview with Vatican Radio
<http://www.news.va/en/news/cardinal-pell-speaks-on-challenges-facing-the-fami>
after the conference Cardinal Pell said *secularisation had made it harder
for **the Church to present its teaching on family and sexual matters.*

T*he family “is very resilient… but by the same token*, I think just
about *everywhere
in the western world its under pressure,*” he said, adding that
secularisation makes it “much, much harder” for the Church to present her
message.

Cardinal Pell also talked about the need for the focus of the Church being
not just on the clergy: “There are many, many different types of Catholics
– there’s the Pope and Bishops and priests. But I think especially in
family life, it’s an area for the witness of married, the witness of
spouses, of parents, and of their children.”

He continued: “*We [must] explain the importance of faith.* *Often we can
be very, very understated** about the importance of faith, prayer,
conversion.”* he said, *“The secrets for religious prosperity, lie in the
Gospels and in the Catholic tradition. We’ve just got to go to them…* *And
adapting more and more to the society – they’ll all say that’s good, but
they won’t join, and it will put us out of business if we do it long
enough.”*

Meanwhile, five American bishops have added their names to *a statement
addressed to the delegates for the synod, urging them to “stand firm on the
Church’s traditional understanding of marriage, human sexuality and
pastoral practices”.*

Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Bishop David Kagan of Bismarck,
Bishop James Conley of Lincoln, Bishop Robert Finn, formerly of Kansas
City-St Joseph, and Rene Gracida, retired bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas,
have all signed the statement.

The statement was drawn up by Credo Priests <http://www.credopriests.org>,
a group organised by Fr Jerry Pokorsky, pastor at St Michael Catholic
Church in Annandale, Virginia, and about 850 priests have also added their
names to the website.


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