Being a non-practicing Catholic I admit I like Pope Francis and his attempt to bring people back to the Catholic church. Many have left due to the Church’s Worldwide sex scandals, so maybe his latest “get your ass outta here” move had more to do with that then about someone’s “conservative” ideals -PB/TK
Pope Francis ousts another Vatican conservative – By Andrew Malcolm / July 2 2017
For the second time in a week, Pope Francis has removed a conservative Vatican powerhouse who opposed his warming of Roman Catholic orthodoxy.
The Vatican announced Saturday that the Pope would not be renewing the five-year appointment of Cardinal Gerhard Ludwig Müller as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, basically the Vatican’s doctrinal watchdog. Muller, a 69-year-old was appointed by fellow German Pope Benedict XVI. As Cardinal Ratzinger, Benedict had also headed that Congregation under Pope John Paul II.
The ouster of Cardinal Muller is one of this Pope’s most important decisions yet since his 2013 election as he moves to make the church more inclusive at the parish level and less beholden to strict Rome’s rules.
Earlier in the week Francis granted a leave to a Muller top aide, Cardinal George Pell, another arch-conservative, who’s been charged with multiple sexual offenses by Australian police. Pell is Australia’s highest-ranking Catholic and was the Pope’s chief financial adviser.
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