The Door Stop

Has the pope opened the door for same-sex blessings? He can’t, for to do so wouldn’t be Catholic. The same comment could be made for any number of issues, that might or might not be discussed, at the “Synod on Synodality” that is now upon us. For the Catholic Catechism has been clear, and was made clear again in the language of Trent, and in that of only a generation ago. Even to discuss such matters as open questions is to carry us into uncharted territory, i.e. territory discreetly avoided in the past. The Church is not a debating society. Perhaps this remark has been made already, by others. But I repeat it because it is dead obvious. Read more…