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I'm just curious, but given that Cardinal Daneels is a "Cardinal", then is he simply reflecting the position of the Catholic Church?

You see, in the Orthodox Church, a priest cannot speak on behalf of the Church. He can only give sermons. A bishop, however, can. An Archbishop of course can speak on behalf of the Church, a Metropolitan is basically 2nd to the Pope.

So, as a Cardinal, I take it his views are obviously shared by other Catholics and senior Clergy in the Roman Catholic Church also?

My question is who else?

It would have been great to tell us this beforehand - many Catholics wasted time in protesting in what they thought was an immoral decision to change the definition of marriage to include homosexual relationships.

Thanos,

Thanks for posting this. Deacon Nick Donnelly does a nice job of reporting this situation--apparently, "his eminence" has been using his position to hurt the Church and God's people for years.
In a word--NO.

However, you bring up a good point--why would someone in a position of high authority in the RCC even think to express his own opinion as though it were the teaching of the Church? The answer, of course, is because he can get away with it. As Donnelly points out,
You see, in the Catholic Church, there are priests, bishops and even cardinals who seem to be able to get away with promoting all sorts of views that are completely opposed to those of other Catholics and senior Clergy in the Roman Catholic Church. How do they manage to do this?

Well, the answer is, "I don't know," but my opinion is that it has something to do with a power struggle within the Vatican. Someone once asked Pope John XXIII how many people worked for him at the Vatican, and he replied, "about half." While this humorous quip would seem to indicate nothing more than the presence of a number of "goldbricks" on the Vatican payroll, I think the truth is much more sinister--they're working for somebody else.

Now, I'm not a conspiracy theorist, and I don't pretend to know who that "somebody" is or what their agenda is, but I do believe that every effect has a cause. This would explain why
Peace,
Deacon Richard

You know,……I had the same question because that is all that I have read or heard! Er wait, that’s just the opposite, so I am confused!!

Yet I suspect Epiphanius is closer to the truth with this than anything else. And why has Cardinal Daneels made this revelation now? How old is he again?