German Cardinal calls Roman Catholic Synod “heresy of Arianism”

According to Müller, the Synod is more like a political election program, which can change if the electorate wishes. Pope Francis launched the World Synod in 2021. Both lay Catholics and non-Catholics can raise their voice and express their wishes and ideas concerning the Roman Catholic Church. That is reported by Die Tagespost.

The General Secretary of the Synod, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich and the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, Cardinal Mario Grech (who is seen as a possible successor of the Pope), have been obvious on their goal for the Synod: the Catholic teachings on marriage and homosexuality should be revised. In addition, they want an LGBT agenda for the Roman Catholic Church and the possibility of the ordination of women. Furthermore, the Church should be open to administering Communion to divorced and remarried people.

Destruction of the Church

Cardinal Müller rejects these ideas as a "heresy of modernism." He criticises the fact that the Synod members equate individual experiences with the "objective revelation of God." Müller compares the ideas of the Synod to the "old heresies of Arianism" as "Arius also thought that his ideas defined what God can do and cannot do." He said in the interview that "the human intellect wants to decide what is true and what is false rather than sticking to Christ, Who is the only pillar of revealed truth." Instead of changing the Catholic doctrine to meet the wishes of individual people, the Church must listen to God's Word, the Cardinal stated.

The ideas of the synod leaders would lead to the destruction of the Roman Catholic Church, Müller fears. "They dream of another church that has nothing to do with the Catholic faith and want to abuse this process to shift the Catholic Church."