Leading Cardinal warns against Church becoming more progressive

Swiss Cardinal Georges Cottier (93) refuses to open up the Church, leading to the adaptation to the modern world. In an interview with the Ticino newspaper "Corriere del Ticino" on Tuesday the former theologian of the Papal Household warned of a more "open" Church, if this means that the Church bows to the "will of the world".

Then the church stands before the decision between "compromise" and "mediocrity". An "openess" could include many requests and concepts that are not all compatible. Theologically, the Church has been "open" on the basis of Her vocation. And this is to the message of Jesus, says the Dominican native of Geneva.

The church is also "Catholic" by was open to all the world. For living in the Vatican cardinal, the church must "missionary" and his stay. Cardinal Cottier, due to the age limit does not participate in the election of the new Pope.

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Cathcon- this is not very Vatican II. Cardinal Cottier is a Thomist, but not of the strict observance.

Cardinal goes mad

Praising Obama's measured approach to abortion.

Measured is hardly the term if you are a child who never lived.Measured is hardly the term if you are a child who never lived.

There is a cartoon with one baby in a cradle talking to another baby in a dustbin.

"Were you born in or out of wedlock?"

"I don't know, because I wasn't even born".

Cardinal Schönborn in the preface to a book, "Thomistes" to which Cardinal Cottier writes the postface, witheringly criticises "Thomists of the Strict Observance" - now the world knows what "Thomists of the Less than Strict Observance" are made of. Cardinal Schönborn himself is all over the shop when it comes to moral issues and a primary cause of this is that he buys into Cardinal Cottier's errors on the state.

More great analysis here.

The great Sandro Magister also thinks so, but does not say so.