'Synodal Shepherds' Attack the Sheep

About this episode

Fr. Gerald E. Murray discusses the recent attacks on Catholic teaching from within the Church, particularly regarding the endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle by the Synod of Bishops.

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray The Catholic Church is accustomed to attacks upon her teaching. The history of heresy over the centuries reveals the never-ending efforts of those who seek to replace Catholic doctrine with various errors. What the Church has only recently become accustomed to is attacks upon her teaching coming from some of her shepherds, especially from the never-ending pronouncements emanating from the office of the Synod of Bishops. The latest imposition of the Synod is the recently published full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle in the Final Report of Study Group Number 9 "Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral, and Ethical Issues." This report attempts to dismiss Catholic teaching on the inherent immorality of homosexual acts – and the disordered nature of the homosexual inclination – by stigmatizing that teaching as the expression of an obsolete "paradigm" that no longer can be relied upon to communicate God's will to His people. Merriam-Webster defines paradigm as "a philosophical and theoretical framework of a scientific school or discipline within which theories, laws, and…

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Gerald E. Murray

Topics covered

• Catholic doctrine
• homosexual lifestyle
• Synod of Bishops
• heresy
• moral teaching
• paradigm shift

Keywords

• Catholic Church
• homosexuality
• doctrine
• Synod of Bishops
• heresy
• moral teaching
• paradigm
• Fr. Gerald E. Murray

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Catholic Church, Synod of Bishops

Books & works: Final Report of Study Group Number 9, Theological Criteria and Synodal Methodologies for Shared Discernment of Emerging Doctrinal, Pastoral, and Ethical Issues

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