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 [image: Cardinal Gerhard Muller] Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect emeritus
of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Diane
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Vatican’s former doctrine chief sounds alarm on Francis’ plans to reorder
curia

https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/vaticans-former-doctrine-chief-sounds-alarm-on-francis-plans-to-reorder-curia

May 6, 2019 (LifeSiteNews <http://lifesitenews.com/>) *– The Vatican’s
former doctrine chief has strongly criticized a draft document containing
Pope Francis’ plans for an overhaul of the curia — **when “doctrine” is
expected to take a backseat to “evangelization” *—  stating that the plans
do not contain a “convincing concept of the origin, essence, and mission of
the Church,” and, pointing out that one passage of the document even
contains “shocking theological cluelessness."

*Cardinal Gerhard Müller, former Prefect of the Congregation for the
Doctrine of the Faith, made his comments about the draft document of the
curia reform plan, set to be promulgated at the end of June on the Feast of
Saints Peter and Paul, *in a new interview with German regional
newspaper *Passauer
Neue Presse*
<https://www.pnp.de/nachrichten/politik/3313523_Kardinal-Mueller-zu-Machern-der-Kurienreform-Theologische-Ahnungslosigkeit.html>.
The draft has been prepared by the members of Pope Francis' Council of Nine
Cardinals, and it is titled “The Roman Curia and her service to the Church
in the world today.”

One of the German cardinal's objections to the current draft is that the
Roman Curia “finds itself in a state of suspension [“*ortlosen
Schwebezustand*”], because it is not anymore clearly oriented toward
serving the Pope for the Universal Church.” For him, this “future
'Apostolic Constitution' is a conglomeration of subjective individual
ideas, pious wishes, and moral pleas along with individual quotations from
Council texts and statements of the current Pope.”

Most importantly, explains Müller,* there is a lack of **clear
distinction* *“between
the secular institutions of the Vatican as a sovereign state, the Holy See
as a subject of International Law, and the ecclesiologically founded
primacy of the Pope” who is, “as bishop of Rome, in the succession of the
Apostle Peter, the visible principle and foundation of the unity.”*

Here, Cardinal Müller sees that *the “fatal mistake”** Pope Paul VI's own
earlier curial reform – which made the “Secretary of State the center of
the Curia” – is now being worsened.* According to Müller, the Secretary of
State serves the Pope in the “fulfillment of his mission,” however, “the
highest mission is his [the Pope's] Magisterium as a member and head of the
College of Bishops.” “The secular duties,” the cardinal adds, “are only
secondary and not at all fundamentally linked to the papacy.” On the
contrary, sometimes the Secretary of State has even “darkened” the Pope's
“essential mission.”

“*To now give today priority to* *the secular tasks* *over** the spiritual
mission** is a mistake that urgently needs to be avoided,*” Cardinal Müller
states. Thus, he warns against a* “secularization of the concept of the**
Church*,” as if she is* “to be run like an international company” and as if
“it is about a balance of power" between a mother company and subsidiaries.*

Further commenting on the new organization of the different organs of the
Roman Curia as described in the draft of the curial reform, Cardinal Müller
tells the *Passauer Neue Presse* that “*there is no Suprema **[the supreme
office – originally the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith*]*
anymore*, *because all dicasteries are to be on the same level.”* He sees
here a “planless listing of 16 ministries who somehow are to serve the
Pope, the individual bishops, and the bishops' conferences.”

As an example, *the Pope's alms office* *is now listed prior to** the
liturgy and the Sacraments*, the prelate points out. *Additionally,
“evangelization comes on first place, *even though it is a task of the
Universal Church and not a specific task of the Pope.”

Here, Cardinal Müller asks the crucial question: “What, then, is the
difference between the Dicastery for Evangelization and the Dicastery for
the Doctrine of the Faith, which, too, is tasked to serve 'the Pope and the
bishops in the proclamation of the Gospels in the whole world' [a quote
from the draft itself]? Is there on the one side an evangelization without
content and on the other side the proclamation of the 'Faith in Christ, the
Son of the Living God'”?

“Even though,” Cardinal Müller explains*, “the Magisterium of the Universal
Church is the very reason for the existence of the papal primacy*,* the
teaching of the Faith **is being mentioned in the draft merely as one
random* *task of the Pope among many others,* and most importantly,* now to
be subordinate to** his secular duties.”*

Müller also points to one passage in the draft document, describing
the duties of the new Dicastery for Doctrine, that *contains "shocking
theological cluelessness.*"

The Cardinal *also* notices* a “wrong and deviant use o*f *fundamental
notions of Catholic theology*,”* as well as a “secularized way of thinking”
of those who demean **the Congregation for Doctrine* *as a sort of
“schoolmaster.”* He also criticizes the notion of *strengthening* *the
“periphery”* *to the detriment of* *the “center,” *Rome. This might sound
“populistically plausible,” Müller explains, but “*it sounds shrill and out
of tune to* *a theologically formed ear.”*

As recently reported
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/cardinals-kept-in-dark-about-pope-francis-plans-to-put-evangelization-ahead-of-doctrine>,
Cardinal Gerhard Müller told LifeSiteNews that *Pope Francis* *did not send**
to all* his cardinals a draft of his curial reform. In light of the
piercing critique by Cardinal Müller as presented here, this would be
direly needed, for the good of the Church.

Several media outlets had reported that the role of the Roman Curia as a
whole will be revised. As Crux
<https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/04/22/new-vatican-document-to-put-evangelization-ahead-of-doctrine/>
writes: “Once the text is approved – which will be on a 25-year “trial
period” – the Vatican dicasteries will no longer be instruments for the
pope to supervise local churches, but will actually be there to serve
bishops from around the world. They will no longer be a 'body' in between
the pontiff and the college of bishops, but an institution that serves
both.”* The largest change will be that a sort of  “super dicastery” for
evangelization is planned, which is to be more important tha*n* the
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith *(CDF).

Fr. Thomas Weinandy, a member of the International Theological Commission
who was removed from his position as an adviser to the US Conference of
Catholic bishops in 2017 following his criticisms of Pope Francis, told
LifeSiteNews in a recent interview
<https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pope-francis-to-raise-evangelization-above-Catholic-doctrine>
that *there’s “no problem” with making Evangelization as the “primary
pastoral work of the Church,*” *but “if it means that within that **
Evangelization**, the role of doctrine **is going to take second place, or
placed on a lower level, then that would undercut **the whole purpose of
evangelization.”*

“*The good news that is offered is precisely the Mysteries of the Faith *--
the Church's doctrinal and moral tradition,” Weinandy said. *“How can one
preach** the Gospel **without telling *others *of the marvelous mysteries
of the Trinity, the Incarnation, the saving death and resurrection of
Jesus, or the great gift of the Sacraments, etc? Doctrine and the Church's
moral teaching is what evangelization is all about.  It is the Good News!”*

*Without* *doctrine and moral teaching*, *“there is no* *evangelization*,”
he continued. “*What may be proclaimed would simply be empty words that do
not bring** life -- here on earth and forever in heaven**.  It would be
contrary to **the Church's whole evangelistic tradition -- beginning with
the Apostles themselves,*” he said.
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