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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When the human being sincerely seeks the transcendent, he does so by natural law in the face of ignorance in himself for the truth that is not yet manifested. We can see the example of St. Paul who "stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said: 'Men of Athens, in all things I see you very religious. As I walked through the city and considered the monuments of your worship, I also found an altar with this inscription: To an unknown God. What you adore without knowing it, I proclaim to you! (Acts 17:22-23).'"
True dialogue in the face of circumstances in the world is always to use the Pauline example above. That is to say, the Catholic must recognize that charity is synonymous with truth, even though the same truth is not always pleasant. It is not to be intolerant of everyone or anyone, like the Jews who first observed this same St. Paul on his visit to the Areopagus, and then arrested and killed him, always maliciously influencing the State against the Catholic Faith. By the way, we remember that the Church has always been tolerant of everyone.
The link I can't get to access it, but the comment is in the context forth in this short paragraph quoted above.