A prominent German cardinal has attacked the plans of Pope Francis to impose “synodality” on the Catholic Church as “a sin against the Holy Spirit”.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller said that moves to replace a hierarchical system of governance with that of a democratic process which allows even for regional variations of doctrine was a “sin against the Holy Spirit”.
The remarks of the cardinal, who served as Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith between 2012 and 2017, coincide with Pope Francis announcing that the new system of synodality will be enforced throughout the Catholic Church globally.
