Has the intervention of Pope Francis returned the Synod to heterodox trajectory?
The Ordinary Synod on the Family moved much closer yesterday to a repudiation of the teachings of the Catholic Church on human sexuality. The hopes of faithful Catholics were raised on Monday by the reassertions of Catholic orthodoxy made in the relazione introduttiva of the General Relator of the Synod, Peter Cardinal Erdo , Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest . Yesterday Erdo’s report and position were seriously undermined after an intervention of Pope Francis indicated to the synod fathers that the question of Holy Communion for the “divorced and remarried” was still open. Cardinal Erdo was also undermined by remarks made by synod fathers invited to a press conference organised by Holy See press spokesman Fr Lombardi S.J. Cardinal Erdo’s relazione introduttiva In his opening report, delivered on Monday morning, Cardinal Erdo upheld Catholic doctrine across the whole spectrum of teachings pertaining to human sexuality. The General Relator decisively rejected the proposal o