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<h1 class="m_2560712190222792619gmail-headline">Pope Francis Replaces Cardinal Sarah to Open JPII Institute's Academic Year </h1>
<h2 class="m_2560712190222792619gmail-subhead">Change comes on the heels of <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">controversial new appointments</span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)">at the head </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)">of the institute for studies on marriage and the family.</span></h2><p><a href="http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/pope-francis-replaces-cardinal-sarah-to-open-jpii-institutes-academic-year#When%3A2016-10-6+15%3A22%3A01" target="_blank">http://www.ncregister.com/<wbr>blog/edward-pentin/pope-<wbr>francis-replaces-cardinal-<wbr>sarah-to-open-jpii-institutes-<wbr>academic-year#When%3A2016-10-<wbr>6+15%3A22%3A01</a><br></p>
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<cite class="m_2560712190222792619gmail-byline">by Edward Pentin</cite>
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<p>In a last minute change, Pope Francis will open
the academic year at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies
on Marriage and the Family in Rome,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> replacing </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>Cardinal Robert Sarah
whom the Institute had originally scheduled for the task.</b></span></p>
<p>The news of the Holy Father’s attendance at the Oct. 27 inauguration
comes just weeks after<span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b> the Pope</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>controversially hand-picked </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>two prelates</b></span>
— Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia and Msgr. Pierangelo Sequeri — to head the
institute.</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>The appointments <a href="http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/recent-key-appointments-unsettle-john-paul-ii-institute-on-marriage-and-fam" target="_blank">caused some distress</a>
as Archbishop Paglia and Msgr. Sequeri, respectively the Institute’s
new grand chancellor and president, have expressed views that critics
say contradict<span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"> </span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>the moral clarity of the Church’s traditional approach to
marriage and the family, </b></span>something the Institute has always tried to
uphold.</p>
<p>T<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>heir arrival also came on the heels of </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>the Synods on the Family </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>when
</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> </span>some elements of Pope St. John Paul II's teaching on marriage and the
family</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> were sidelined by the synod organizers in favor of the kinds of
views held by the new leadership.</b></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Some see</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> the <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">replacement</span></b><b> of </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>Cardinal Sarah, who heads the Vatican's
department for liturgy</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>as a blow</b><b> to</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>the African cardinal whose
preference for clarity when it comes to the Church's moral teaching is
well known</b></span>. <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>His substitution</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>also follows</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>his outspoken comments in
July, advocating priests to celebrate Mass facing East</b></span>, <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>which earned him
a <a href="http://www.ncregister.com/blog/edward-pentin/father-lombardi-cardinal-sarahs-ad-orientem-suggestion-misinterpreted" target="_blank">reprimand</a> </b></span>from the Vatican.</p>
<p>But others are more sanguine about the news, and say the Pope’s
presence is being seen as fitting because the following month, on Nov.
22, the Institute will celebrate 35 years since its founding. They argue
that it’s better to have just one event attended by the Pope to mark
both occasions rather than two in the space of three weeks, and that it
is, in any case, a great honor to have the Pope come at all.</p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>There was nevertheless</b></span> <u><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>concern </b></span></u><span style="background-color:rgb(217,234,211)"><b>when</b></span>, at a recent event welcoming new
students to the Institute, <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b>Msgr. Sequeri placed special emphasis on the
Pope’s summary document on the family synod, <i>Amoris Laetitia</i>,
and stressed <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">the importance of implementing what it states</span></b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">.</span><span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)"><b><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"> </span>Critics say
</b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>the document’s ambiguous language, especially on admitting civilly
remarried divorcees</b><b> to</b></span> <span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>Holy Communion</b></span>,<span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b> is not in continuity with </b></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>the
Church's clear teaching <span style="background-color:rgb(182,215,168)">on the issue. </span></b></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>“It’s kind of frightening how things are changing,” </b></span>said one student,
adding that <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)"><b>some of the professors with sympathies for the ambiguity
over the Church's moral teaching are feeling “emboldened” by recent
events there.</b></span></p>
<p><span style="background-color:rgb(255,229,153)"><b>Still,</b><b>
signs of continuity at the Institute can also be seen. Disciple of the
Hearts of Jesus and Mary Father Jose Granados was recently re-confirmed
as vice president of the Institute, and sources say there is “respectful
and cordial collaboration” with the new leadership. So far no attempt
has been made to <span style="background-color:rgb(234,209,220)">“turn the institute around and make it completely
different</span>,</b></span>” said one inside source, who stressed that having a new
president doesn’t mean professors must suddenly change their
convictions.</p></div>
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