Sist uke leste vi at den 68 år gamle dominikaneren og erkebiskopen, J. Augustine Di Noia, som har vært sekretær for Vatikanets sakramentskongregasjon, nå blir visepresident for den pavelige kommisjonen Ecclesia Dei. I to lange intervjuer – der jeg syns han er overraskende frittalende – sier han mye interessant.
Fra intervjuet med the Catholic News Service kan jeg ta med følgende:
Archbishop Di Noia told Catholic News Service June 26 the Vatican needed to help people who have strong objections to the council see «that these disagreements don’t have to be dividing or keep us from the same Communion table.»
«It is possible to have theological disagreements while remaining in communion with the see of Peter,» he said.
«Part of what we’re saying is that when you read the documents (of Vatican II), you can’t read them from the point of view of some liberal bishops who may have been participants (at the council), you have to read them at face value,» Archbishop Di Noia told CNS. «Given that the Holy Spirit is guiding the church, the documents cannot be in discontinuity with tradition.»
Og fra intervjuet med the National Catholic Register tar jeg med:
In a bid to keep talks on course to a possible reconciliation, Pope Benedict XVI has appointed American Archbishop J. Augustine DiNoia as vice president of the commission charged with helping to bring the Society of St. Pius X back into full communion with Rome.
Noen har gitt dette intervjuet overskriften: «The Pope doesn’t want this division to continue.»