Cardinals participating
in the synod on the family denied Wednesday that the meeting has
run aground, claiming rather that there is greater creativity
than in the past.
"I do not see this blockage either in the assembly or in
the group discussions," said Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo,
archbishop of Ougadougou.
"I believe that the language groups have been an
opportunity for important exchange, and we have the presumption
to say that something good will come out of all this work," he
continued.
Cardinal Ouedraogo was echoed by his British counterpart
Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster.
"I don't think it is right to talk about a blockage," the
cardinal said.
"There is truly a lot of energy, a lot of creativity: we
are families with difefrences of opinion, that's normal, and the
way we address these themes must be such that we do not let
ourselves be guided by the hermeneutics of conflict, this is not
the spirit we must pursue, I do not believe there is such a
blockage," Nichols insisted.
"In a synod it is not a question of comparing theories or
ideologies, but of trying to understand the richness of the
manifestation of God, each one of us starting from his
particular situation," Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Colombia
said.
The greater "creativity" noted by Nichols with respect to
past synods is allegedly due to the correlation between the work
of the small groups and that of the assembly, suggesting that
the new methodology introduced by Pope Francis, which apparently
found criticism in a letter from 13 conservative cardinals
leaked to the press earlier this week, is working.
The synod is far from over and it is difficult to
anticipate the outcome.
However, Ouedraogo, Nichols and Salazar Gomez are not the
only synod fathers to believe a valid synthesis is possible;
similar views have also been expressed by Cardinal Gerhard
Ludwig Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith, and Cardinal George Pell, among the alleged
signatories of the leaked letter to the pope.
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