General discontent and frustration over the delay of church reforms dominated both the alternative and the official Katholikentag [Catholic Congress] at Mannheim this year.
In sharp contrast, Pope Benedict XVI is obviously preparing for the definite reconciliation between the Catholic Church and the traditionalist Society of St Pius X (SSPX) and its bishops and priests.
This is even to take place if the SSPX, which continues to reject decisive texts of the Second Vatican Council, should have to be reincorporated with the help of canonical artistic devices…
…Pope Benedict should also be warned that, with such a scandalous decision, he in his already much-bewailed aloofness, would further distance himself from the people of God. The classical teaching on schism should be a warning to him.
According to the teaching, a schism occurs if one separates oneself from the Church but also if one separates oneself from the body of the Church. The authoritative Spanish theologian Francisco Suarez (1548-1617) wrote: 'Thus the Pope could also become a schismatic if he did not wish to maintain the union and affinity he owes to the whole body of the Church.'
According to the same church teaching, a schismatic Pope loses his office. At the very least, he can no longer reckon with obedience. Pope Benedict would thus further promote the already growing movement of 'disobedience' to a hierarchy which is disobeying the Gospels. He alone would be responsible for the serious rift and strife which he would thus promulgate in the Church…
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