Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Kazakhstan, once again feels a need to tell us that God does not positively will the diversity of religions we find in the world. We’ve been through this before. It all goes back to a joint statement that the pope signed with Muslim leaders at Abu Dhabi in February of 2019. The pope clarified that the diversity of religions is part of God’s permissive will, and LifeSiteNews trumpeted that as a “win.” But two months later, Schneider was claiming the pope needed to “correct” Abu Dhabi. Three months after that, he wailed that the pope was betraying Jesus Christ. Now he says Vatican II itself must be corrected, and he thinks he has precedent for correcting Church councils.
Bishop Schneider says Dignitatis Humanae should be “corrected.”
BY: Henry Matthew Alt • June 12, 2020 • Blind Guides & False Prophets; Vatican II
The valuable Mike Lewis at Where Peter Is has the story on Cardinal Burke’s latest brazen declaration of dissent from the Magisterium. I’ll get to all that, but first it’s necessary to remind ourselves that Burke has gone down this road before. Back in 2016, Burke spoke with reporters and declared that we can overlook Nostra Aetate because it’s “not dogmatic.” Of course, it does not matter whether it’s “dogmatic” or not; it’s the teaching of a Church council, and Burke is on indefensible ground if he thinks Catholics can just wave their hand at that.