Cardinal Gerhard Müller requires a deeper, faith-driven method to beat factionalism as cardinals put together for the upcoming papal conclave, stories CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language information associate.
The cardinal warns in opposition to any “buddy and foe pondering” that categorizes individuals as “for me” or “in opposition to me,” calling such division significantly “dangerous for the Church, which by its nature is supposed to be the signal, the instrument” of communion with God and amongst individuals.
Müller, who served as prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Religion from 2012 to 2017, presents a profound perspective on the idea of “periphery” popularized by Pope Francis.
Warning of an ideological distinction of “middle versus periphery,” Müller tells EWTN Germany that the world is a sphere the place each individual stands equidistant from its core — and that the Eucharist, whether or not celebrated within the Amazon or St. Peter’s Basilica, stays the identical sacred ceremony, uniting believers worldwide in a shared religion.
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