Not, of course that he hasn't richly earnt it already. But his fearless witness to the faith is drawing some increasingly nasty opposition. In Australia, the Greens Party has won approval to have Cardinal Pell interrogated by the parliamentary committee for contempt of Parliament. This offence is punishable by up to 25 years in jail.This is in response to the Cardinal's warning that Catholic legislators could face religious consequences if they supported a bill allowing therapeutic cloning.
For details, see the article Cardinal Pell to be interrogated by parliamentary committee on CNA.
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Hopefully the Cardinal has by now relinquished his thesis of errors within Scripture, a thesis which goes radically against the application of the hermeneutic of continuity applied to the Second Vatican Council. It is only when Dei Verbum is read outside the constant belief and tradition of the Church over two millennia -- not to mention the very citations accompanying (and official interpretation given by the relator to) the relevant text of Dei Verbum, can Pell's all-too popular but nevertheless obviously heterodox thesis be granted as even allowably held. No orthodox Catholic, seriously interested in a "hermeteutic of continuity" being applied to Vatican II can allow Cardinal Pell to get away with what he, being an otherwise orthodox bishop, should be more than cognizant of the obligation one has toward the integral truth of the Sacred Scriptures, when the latter are properly interpreted. Yet, last time I checked, this very recent Prince of the Church has yet to recant.
To the Australian Parliamentary Committee:
HANDS OFF OUR GOOD AND FAITHFUL CARDINAL UNLESS YOU WANT TO SUFFER THE FULL CONSEQUENCES OF AN UNLEASHED CATHOLIC BLOGOSPHERE!
Message to the Vatican - PLEASE give us another 100 Cardinal Pells! What a difference that would make to the current climate of 'indifference' to Jesus Christ in Europe.
May God Bless our good and faithful shepherd Cardinal Pell, and may the Angels and Saints protect him against all evil.
I went to Mass in C Pell's cathedral a year ago - as my sister lives in Sydney. He gave a wonderful sermon.
I hope other cardinals and bishops will support him
Dominie
Fr Tim, what's Anonymous talking about?
Edmund - here is the debate over at Ignatius Press.
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