ROME
LifeSite
John-Henry Westen
ROME, July 7, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the Vatican’s recently dismissed doctrine chief, has issued a stinging criticism of Pope Francis.
In an interview with the German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse, the Cardinal revealed details of the meeting in which he learned of the Pope’s refusal to renew his 5-year mandate as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).
The custom in the last 50 years has been to renew the prefect’s mandate at least until he reaches retirement age.
Pope Francis, Cardinal Müller said, “communicated his decision” not to renew his term “within one minute” on the last work day of his five-year-term, and did not give any reasons for it.
“This style [sic] I cannot accept,” said Müller. In dealing with employees, “the Church’s social teaching should be applied,” he added.
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