Modernism blocked in the Amazon
Bishop Kräutler: Pope decided against "Viri Probati" due to pressure Modernist love-in Bishop Erwin Kräutler remains disappointed by the outcome of the Amazon Synod. He believes that Pope Francis was actually in favor of ordaining "viri probati" – but was pressured into blocking the idea. The Austrian-born retired Bishop of the Amazon, Erwin Kräutler, is convinced that Pope Francis, due to pressure, did not dare to allow proven married men to be ordained as "proven men." In his post-synodal exhortation "Querida Amazonia" (2020), the head of the Church formulated various visions, for example, on social justice, ecology, and the Church itself—"and up until the Church's vision, we were all happy," said the retired Bishop of Xingu (Brazil) on the podcast "Laut+Leis" (Friday). The Church's vision, too, was initially formulated "wonderfully." It stated, for instance, that everything possible should be done to ensur...
