The Prefect of the Vatican Congregation , the German Archbishop Gerhard Ludwig Müller, has warned the local churches of taking special regional paths. The "separatist tendencies" of national episcopal conferences could harm the church, Müller writes in an article for the Vatican newspaper "Osservatore Romano" (published this Friday). Individual conferences could never write arbitrary statements, which relativized the "definitive dogmas" of the Church or her sacramental structures.
The Prefect, who will receive the dignity of Cardinal in February, warned of a " power struggle " between the centralist and particularist forces in the Catholic Church . "At the end, only a secularized and politicized church would remain, which would only be slightly different from a non-governmental organization. "
In this context, the Head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith criticized "superficial interpretations " of the doctrinal document, "Evangelii gaudium" of Pope Francis. Their supporters …More