Wie hier berichtet möchten die deutschen Bischöfe im März die "Freiburger Handreichung" in ganz Deutschland anwenden und "einige" der geschiedenen "wiederverheirateten" Katholiken zum Kommunionempfang zulassen. Deutsche Kirchenvertreter bestehen darauf, dass sie dabei die Unterstützung des Papstes haben*.
Robert Eberle von der Erzdiözese Freiburg sagte, man habe positive Reaktionen aus anderen deutschen Diözesen und aus solchen aus dem Ausland bekommen, die ihnen versichert hätten, sie würden schon praktizieren, was in der Freiburger Handreichung stünde.
Der Papst habe jetzt klar signalisiert, dass bestimmte Dinge lokal entschieden werden können.
Eberle sagte außerdem, dass viele Punkte in dem Apostolischen Schreiben "Evangelii Gaudium" nahelegten, dass sich die deutsche Kirche in ihrem Umgang mit den wiederverheirateten Geschiedenen in die richtige Richtung bewege.
* habe ich hier vorhergesagt, weil es schon im Oktober offensichtlich war, was kommen würde.
* habe ich hier vorhergesagt, weil es schon im Oktober offensichtlich war, was kommen würde.
So wie Papstfreund und –kenner Peter Hünermann es schon zu Anfang des neuen Pontifikates prophezeit hatte wusste:
German bishops eyes guidelines for divorced Catholics to take communion
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country's bishops' conference to allow some divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion, insisting they have the pope's endorsement. "We already have our own guidelines, and the pope has now clearly signaled that certain things can be decided locally," said Robert Eberle, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Freiburg. "We're not the only archdiocese seeking helpful solutions to this problem, and we've had positive reactions from other dioceses in Germany and abroad, assuring us they already practice what's written in our guidelines," he said. Eberle's comments followed the disclosure by Bishop Gebhard Furst of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Nov. 23 that the bishops' would adopt proposals on reinstating divorced and remarried parishioners as full members of the church during their March plenary. In a Nov. 27 interview with Catholic News Service Eberle said "many points" in the pope's apostolic exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium," ("The Joy of the Gospel") suggested the German church was "moving in the right way" in its attitude toward remarried Catholics. Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reaffirmed in October church teaching that prohibits divorced and remarried Catholics from the sacraments without an annulment. His announcement came after the Freiburg Archdiocese issued guidelines making holy Communion available to divorced and remarried parishioners. In an Oct. 8 letter to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, president of the German bishops' conference, the prefect said the archdiocese's guidelines contained "unclear terminology" and violated church teaching by suggesting remarried Catholics could take a "responsible decision in conscience" to receive sacraments after consulting their priest. However, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, one of eight members of the international Council of Cardinals advising the pope on reform of the Roman Curia, criticized the stance. He said Archbishop Muller could not "end the discussion."
Peter Hünermann etwa kennt Jorge Marie Bergoglio, den ersten Lateinamerikaner an der Kirchenspitze, so gut wie nur wenige andere. Der Theologe begegnete dem Geistlichen schon zur Zeit der Militärdiktatur in Argentinien, (…) Der emeritierte Professor ist überzeugt, dass Franziskus zwar noch lernt, das Terrain an der Kurie sondiert, aber auch sehr planmäßig vorgeht und seine Schritte gezielt setzt.
Nach Einschätzung des 84-Jährigen wird das neue Kirchenoberhaupt künftig Bistümern und Gemeinden mehr Freiheiten gewähren und die Kontrollen durch Rom zurückfahren.
German bishops eyes guidelines for divorced Catholics to take communion
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- Church officials in Germany defended plans by the country's bishops' conference to allow some divorced and remarried Catholics to receive Communion, insisting they have the pope's endorsement. "We already have our own guidelines, and the pope has now clearly signaled that certain things can be decided locally," said Robert Eberle, spokesman for the Archdiocese of Freiburg. "We're not the only archdiocese seeking helpful solutions to this problem, and we've had positive reactions from other dioceses in Germany and abroad, assuring us they already practice what's written in our guidelines," he said. Eberle's comments followed the disclosure by Bishop Gebhard Furst of Rottenburg-Stuttgart Nov. 23 that the bishops' would adopt proposals on reinstating divorced and remarried parishioners as full members of the church during their March plenary. In a Nov. 27 interview with Catholic News Service Eberle said "many points" in the pope's apostolic exhortation, "Evangelii Gaudium," ("The Joy of the Gospel") suggested the German church was "moving in the right way" in its attitude toward remarried Catholics. Archbishop Gerhard L. Muller, prefect of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, reaffirmed in October church teaching that prohibits divorced and remarried Catholics from the sacraments without an annulment. His announcement came after the Freiburg Archdiocese issued guidelines making holy Communion available to divorced and remarried parishioners. In an Oct. 8 letter to Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, president of the German bishops' conference, the prefect said the archdiocese's guidelines contained "unclear terminology" and violated church teaching by suggesting remarried Catholics could take a "responsible decision in conscience" to receive sacraments after consulting their priest. However, Cardinal Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising, one of eight members of the international Council of Cardinals advising the pope on reform of the Roman Curia, criticized the stance. He said Archbishop Muller could not "end the discussion."
