The Syro-Malabar Church does not, in fact, view this a problem worth solving. They were happy with an incremental approach, locking in 95% of what they have been after for decades, and dealing with the one eparchy slowly. It was Rome who wanted them to act quicker, telling the Synod to get it done,…
The Syro-Malabar Church does not, in fact, view this a problem worth solving. They were happy with an incremental approach, locking in 95% of what they have been after for decades, and dealing with the one eparchy slowly. It was Rome who wanted them to act quicker, telling the Synod to get it done, wrapping up for themselves a long cherished goal of giving Eastern Churches freedom to remove the Latin additions. (Which leads to an interesting thought experiment: what if they were given "freedom" and just don't care?)
Yet the Pope barely has the respect and trust of his own bishops, to say nothing of another sui iuris Church. So he sends in a delegate to handle the manner, and he chooses maybe the stupidest, most counterproductive way possible: he gives a speech that wasn't for the Christians in those parishes: it was a speech to flatter Rome. A true audience of one. It backfired spectacularly.
Yet the Pope can't climb down: if he really wants to let the local Church decide it, they are saying loud and clear what they are going to do: nothing. They are going to do nothing and declare victory.
And that group, especially the clergy involved should be ashamed...I don't care how much they "care." To disrupt the Qurbano, to encourage disunity by violence...the Church doesn't need that kind of pastoral "care."
I think there's an elephant in the room:
The Syro-Malabar Church does not, in fact, view this a problem worth solving. They were happy with an incremental approach, locking in 95% of what they have been after for decades, and dealing with the one eparchy slowly. It was Rome who wanted them to act quicker, telling the Synod to get it done, wrapping up for themselves a long cherished goal of giving Eastern Churches freedom to remove the Latin additions. (Which leads to an interesting thought experiment: what if they were given "freedom" and just don't care?)
Yet the Pope barely has the respect and trust of his own bishops, to say nothing of another sui iuris Church. So he sends in a delegate to handle the manner, and he chooses maybe the stupidest, most counterproductive way possible: he gives a speech that wasn't for the Christians in those parishes: it was a speech to flatter Rome. A true audience of one. It backfired spectacularly.
Yet the Pope can't climb down: if he really wants to let the local Church decide it, they are saying loud and clear what they are going to do: nothing. They are going to do nothing and declare victory.
Considering the violence that resulted in the archdiocese, some people appear to care very much.
And that group, especially the clergy involved should be ashamed...I don't care how much they "care." To disrupt the Qurbano, to encourage disunity by violence...the Church doesn't need that kind of pastoral "care."