Conservative cardinals indicated
as signatories of a letter to Pope Francis leaked to the press
on Monday expressing concerns about the synod on the family
distanced themselves from its publication Tuesday, saying those
responsible had intended to create divisions among participants.
"I am not saying if I signed it or not," Cardinal Gerhard
Ludwig Mueller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of
the Faith, said in an interview with newspaper Corriere della
Sera.
"The scandal is that a private letter to the pope has been
published. It is a new Vatileaks," Cardinal Mueller continued.
Instead Cardinal George Pell, archbishop of Sydney and
another of the alleged signatories, told La Repubblica newspaper
the contents of the letter published on Monday did not
"correspond" to the original.
Their comments came after the cardinals Angelo Scola, André
Vingt-Trois and Peter Erdo on Monday denied having signed the
letter and Vatican spokesman Farther Federico Lombardi urged
journalists to make the necessary checks.
The confusion comes as bishops are meeting at the Vatican
to explore how the Church should respond to the needs of the
modern family, with differences in opinion on how to confront
issues such as same-sex and co-habiting couples and reception of
the Eucharist for divorced Catholics who are remarried.
In the letter the alleged signatories expressed concerns
about the procedures for discussion and the way the final
position paper would be drawn up.
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