What on earth has happened to Cardinal Schönborn?

Your bias against Medjugorje flies in the face of its incredible fruits — millions returning to the Church after being there

I find it interesting how a journalist comes out saying “perhaps Cardinal Schönborn needs to ponder the fate of General Stanley McChrystal: for, those who think they can handle the media not infrequently find themselves wishing they had just kept quiet.” Should the Church have also just kept quiet about Clergy Abuse hoping that it would go away! Surely this article is both deeply disrespectful and rediculous in the light of recent scandals in the Church. Perhaps the Cardinal is just being realistic about current-day questions being asked by the people asking questions that perhaps Church journalists and others in the hierarchy find too uncomfortable to ask…

One does have to be careful when dealing with the press. Instead of helping put out a fire, the final effect may be that of pouring petrol on it.

Would it be artificial to speak in a 'personal capacity' and a 'the capacity of a bishop'? Probably not, but it might help?

His name IS Schönborn.

Schöbrunn (with two n's) is the palace in Vienna.

I can't say, to be honest that I agree with same sex marriages as, that makes me cringe but, with relaxing celibacy I totally agree with that as, are priests, nuns and monks not human?

I thought God created man and woman to love and be loved-maybe I have that wrong…..

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Cardinal Schönborn's behavior and views are consistent with his past. For years he has advocated interfaith communion–an action that will not happen on this Pope's watch. He showed highly suspicious judgement last year by not attending a pro-life march in his own country and by prohibiting an auxiliary bishop from attending. Thirdly, his rude behavior toward the bishop overseeing Medjugorje for which he was soundly rebuked underscore the misuse of his authority. His call for the “reexamination” of priestly celibacy is by far worse than all of this. It's a red flag and at the very least betrays a kind of basic misunderstanding of the nature of celibacy. Fr. Fessio is not a reliable assessor of anyone's actions considering he is a volatile as the Cardinal.

He just decided to take his Christianity seriously! What a strange thing for a Cardinal to do, right?

More Medjugorje Controversy? Visionaries to have apparition in Cardinal Schonborn's Cathedral in Vienna

http://ministryvalues.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1147&Itemid=214

On September 23 (Padre Pio's Feast Day) Medjugorje visionaries Ivan and Marija will be in Cardinal Schonborn's Cathedral, St. Stephens in Vienna. At 12:40 EDT visionaries Ivan Dragicevic and Marija Pavlovic-Lunetti [will have an apparition of the Gospa.]

Why do those who reject criticism of the mindless clichés expressed by churchmen pandering to the Catholic hating world always characterize such criticism as being afraid to ask questions. Don’t they recognize a distinction between the declarative and the interrogative?

To be clear, married men can become priests (but not bishops) in these rites. Priests, however, cannot become married. The same is true in Eastern Orthodoxy. The fullness of the priesthood, that is, in the person of the bishop, is never compatible with the married state.

On a practical note, the collections at most Catholic parishes are completely inadequate to support married men and their families. Are you willing to double or triple your contributions in order to support a married clergy? Most are not.

Would it not be possible to ordain older married men who have raised their families and have no dependent children? With people living into their 90s these days, a man ordained at age 65 would have many years to serve. If he is retired from a job, he would have an independent income and not be a burden on the church.

“…Church needs to reconsider its position on remarried divorcees.” I think it has through a very lax annulment system, for example, if I was considered mentally impaired I could gain an annulment. If I was considered immature I could gain an annulment. I can only go on the USA, whereby 98% of people who apply for annulments gains them. I find it kind of hypocritical, but I suppose we just have to pretend that the Church is upholding marriage when it's not. For me personally I can understand annulment in very limited situations but today it's interpreted in such a liberal way I'm not sure anyone wouldn't get an annulment if they applied for it.

There are some things I do disagree with on what Cardinal Scoenborn says but, I agree 100% for the Pope to abolish celibacy and for child sex abuse to be looked into MUCH, much more, the Pope has hardly done anything about it, he seems to be more interested in ‘Fast Tracking’ his best friend Pope John Paul II into Sainthood.
I am far from saying hPope John Paul II does not deserve it but, to be quite honest, I think there are much more important things should be on the agender rather than beatitying a person who first was a Pope, the present Popes best friend and it is also based on one woman who it even says (claims to have had Parkinsons Disease and, she just happens to be a nun, I am sorry but, please come on, is this fair to all those abused people out there, I don’t think this Pope is being at all fair with anyone, he seems to be doing things for his own ends, he even has everyone mixed up with his outrages views on condoms.

No, I do agree that celibacy should be abolished and to revert back to the days of St. Peter, he was married. And many other Popes too, why not.

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Its not just on the discipline of priestly celibacy that Card Schonborn has gone awry. He seems to have completely lost the plot! From hosting blasphemous and pornographic ‘art installations’ in his cathedral to not only inviting the Medjugorje “seers” in the same cathedral, but even travelling to Medj himself in their support – a real slap in the face to the local hierarchy. So much for “episcopal unity”!! Benedict made him issue a public apology to the Local Ordinary of that beleagured place.

I agree totally, I have sent endless emails to the Pope himself about this.

Someone somewherre has the authority to force the Pope to resign but why haven’t they as the church is in such a crisis? It makes no sense to me!

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Why? celibacy in many counties does not even apply so, why is celibacy for too many counties and not for the globe,?

Really celibacy should be abolished, at one time before this Pope was here, he was the very person who wanted it abolished and now look, for some reason in a way, he has gone back on his word and look at the state of the church now, it is worse than ever.

The whole world and his wife are screeming out to the pope to abolish celibacy, and someone somewher has the authority to force him to resign but won’t, if they know full well there is huge battle against celibacy then-whats the hold-up, it just doesn’t make sense! 

The same thing would have been said during the marriage vows between St. Peter and his wife, so please, what’s the difference?

Orders are the for a reason wether or not they are Holy yes! Well put it this way, in the old days when people were ill and they have needed medicine and it has ALWAYS worked but, for some reason, you have someone putting this new medicine in place, it works for a while but, people start showing symptoms of the same kind before the new one was there and at first the doctor continues with the new one and insists that it is working but, in the end there is an outcry to revert back to the old medincine as there has been a huge decline in the new one for patients to recover so, does that mean that with the new medicine people have to suffer because the doctor just won’t listen to the patients needs or, does the doctor finally wake up to the cause of the problem and revert back to the original medication and finally everyone is back to good health again-so which is it, continue being unwell with new medicine or get better with the old stuff that did actually work. After all something has to give eventually but this stupid pope won’t budge and he badly needs to please, just think about it.

Can I ask please of how an artificial tree can bear fruit?

Don’t you mean Cardinal Angelo Sodano, Cardinal Schonborn has been very much a part of trying to get celibacy abolished and trying to make pope benedict come to he senses.

I hardly think that someone is holding porn when they are trying to fix things!

I have copied and pasted the below persons message to let readers know what I am responding toand that unless I see proof of the remark made about Cardinal Christoph Schonborn, I refuse to beleive it after all he has done to help rebuild the church.  

Looks like your emails have had the desired effect!