Did Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) say that Francis is a heretic ? On June 3, 2003 the then Cardinal Ratzinge r (and future Pope Benedict) , head of the Congregation for the Faith, said that the endorsement of " homosex civil unions" was against Catholic teaching, that is heterodoxy : "Those who would move from tolerance to the legitimatization of specific rights for cohabiting homosexual persons need to be reminded that the approval or legalization of evil is something far different from the toleration of evil... The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions ." (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, "Considerations Regarding Proposals to give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons," June 3, 2003) Gloria.tv reported: " Francis made on October 21 his latest declaration in sup...
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But this is related only to the performance of the sacrament of matrimony. In the Code of Canon Law, number 1159, it is said that this consent is necessary for the other party to have a valid sacrament.
He should cite was another canon which is number 331 relating to ecclesiastical office correctly on the subject.
And the consensus is thus seen in the Universi Dominici Gregis in a different way, which is cited by him in numbers 87 and 53. This last arctic cited, says that it is necessary for the elected candidate to accept or not the consensus among the cardinal electors on his choice. That's why I put it last to emphasize this well.
It is really necessary to take a good look at the quality of the clergy around us.
Catholics must safeguard their faith, because the tendency is to worsen the chaos for that same clergy who do not understand each other and do not yet resolve the issue of Bergoglio.