"No communion for the [remarried] divorced: I think the Pope will decide thus."
Interview with [the Archbishop of Milan] Cardinal Scola: Faithfulness to doctrine is necessary.
Corriere della Sera
Interviewer: Aldo Cazzullo
December 2, 2014
Cardinal Scola, in the Synod the Church was divided, and there emerged two groups, one consisting of a majority, the other a minority. Is this normal? Or should this worry us?
“The word “division” is out of place. What emerged from the Synod were diverse positions. There was a debate, at times intense, always aimed at sharing views. It was not a new thing. It is enough to look at the Councils.”
What is your position?
“The word “division” is out of place. What emerged from the Synod were diverse positions. There was a debate, at times intense, always aimed at sharing views. It was not a new thing. It is enough to look at the Councils.”
What is your position?
“ Personally I suggested to think about the question at its roots, in the light of an anthropological reflection on sexual difference, and, on the theological plane, in deepening the understanding of the relationship between Matrimony and the Eucharist. And I made a proposal that goes in that direction, stated more than once also by the Pope, to remain faithful to doctrine, but to make the process of annulment of marriage more close at hand to the heart of the people and in a more rapid manner. I put forth the idea of involving the bishop more directly in the process of determining nullity.”
