Cardinal Carlo Caffarra Archives

Cardinal Carlo Caffara and the perennial genius of Catholicism
- Obituary
- September 7, 2017
Although some accounts have framed the Sept. 6 death of Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra almost entirely in terms of his final act as one of the “dubia cardinals” challenging Pope Francis’s document “Amoris Laetita,” he was a much bigger figure than that, and he illustrated Catholicism’s perennial genius for embracing strong and divergent views on important questions all at once.
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Cardinal Caffarra, outspoken defender of marriage, family, dead at 79
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- September 6, 2017
Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra has died at the age of 79. He was one of the four ‘dubia cardinals’ who asked Pope Francis to clarify his position on communion for the divorced-and-remarried after the release of the his apostolic exortation ‘Amoris Laetitia.’
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As recent guidelines show, ‘Amoris’ argument is far from over
- Global Church
- January 18, 2017
The fact that guidelines from bishops for the pastoral application of chapter 8 of Pope Francis’s ‘Amoris Laetitia’ present opposite interpretations on the issue of access to the sacraments for divorced and civilly remarried Catholics confirms one truth: the argument is not yet settled.
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Cardinal says ‘only blind man’ could deny confusion caused by Pope

Italian Cardinal Carlo Caffarra, retired archbishop of Bologna and one of four cardinals who recently asked Pope Francis to clarify his positions in ‘Amoris Laetitia,’ said on Saturday the cardinals acted because “only a blind man could deny there’s great confusion, uncertainty and insecurity in the Church.”

Vatican judge says cardinal-critics of pope could lose red hats

Vatican

November 29, 2016

Speaking to a Spanish news outlet, the head of the Vatican’s main working court said that four cardinals who accused Pope Francis of creating confusion with his document on the family “Amoris Laetitia” are guilty of causing “very grave scandal” and the pope could take away their red hats.

Does Francis have an ‘R&D strategy’ on the divorced/remarried?

For more than two years, Catholicism has been gripped by lively debate over what the implications of opening up Communion to at least some divorced and civilly remarried Catholics might be. Maybe what Francis wants now is some R&D to find out what actually happens.