ROME
Church Militant
by Christine Niles • October 12, 2015
ROME, October 12, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) – At least three cardinals are now denying they’ve signed a strongly worded letter to Pope Francis critical of the synodal process. According to the latest reports, Cardinal Peter Ërdo, relator general for the Synod, who issued an opening address last Monday defending Catholic orthodoxy, is denying he ever signed the letter. Paris archbishop André Vingt-Trois and Milan’s Cdl. Angelo Scola also deny they ever added their signatures. Additionally, Cdl. Mauro Piacenza’s name — one of the signatories — is missing from Sandro Magister’s list, leading to speculation that Piacenza has also backed away from acknowledging any part in this public plea to the Holy Father.
The updated list of signatories includes:
– Cdl. Gerhard L. Müller (Prefect, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith)- Cdl. Carlo Caffarra (Bologna, Italy)
– Cdl. George Pell (Prefect, Secretariat for the Economy)
– Cdl. Robert Sarah (Prefect, Congregation for Divine worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments)
– Cdl. Thomas C. Collins (Toronto, Canada)
– Cdl. Timothy M. Dolan (New York)
– Cdl. Willem J. Eijk (Utrecht, Holland)
– Cdl. Wilfrid Fox Napier (Durban, South Africa)
– Cdl. Jorge L. Urosa Savino (Caracas, Venezuela)
Notable, too, are the names not among the signatories, including American prelates like Cdl. Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. and Cdl. Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, Texas.
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