NCR: Pope Francis' style is not one of "benevolent popularism," Kasper said.
This is actually a fascinatingly accurate description of Pope Francis’ style.
NCR: "His pastoral style is based on a whole theology.”
I respond to this with Cardinal Kasper’s own previous statement: “he’s not an academic theologian in the professional sense.” Thus, I suspect that a pastoral style based on a theology developed by someone who is not a theologian will be interesting to say the least.
NCR: On the basis of this theology, he's averse to all clericalism. He wants the participation of the People of God in the life of the church. Women as well as men. Laity and clergy, young and old." "He stresses the importance of the sensus fidei, and says the church must open its ears to the people." The Catholic church must not be self-centered, Kasper said, but instead a church "on the move." And a church that is an "open house," a church of the open God, "presupposes renewal and reform," he said.
This is good to hear! Based on this news, I look forward to the Holy Father eliminating the iron-fisted clericalism being doled out upon the Franciscan Frias of the Immaculate by Fr. Volpi. I also look forward to his freeing the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate from their baseless investigation so as to allow more women to “participate in the life of the Church.” In addition, I look forward to Pope Francis truly making the Church an “open house” and a “church of the open God” by releasing the Society of St. Pius X from all legalistic and overbearing clerical censures so that they may more fully assist in the necessary “renewal and reform” of the Church. I also look forward to the Pope listening to the sensus fidei, and opening his ears to the voice of the people by reading the Remnant’s “Stop the Synod!” online petition. This will be a first step so that the “church on the move” can disregard the calls of “self-centered” Cardinals to keep “progressing” towards perdition, and instead move us home to Tradition, our only remedy!
