The Church is comprised of people---the very definition of the Church is THE PEOPLE OF GOD.  People sin, and there is such a thing as "corporate sin".  The Church HAS sinned, and sinned badly against many peoples of this earth.  Let these Cardinals avail themselves of the Sacrament of Penance



Right now, these Cardinals are sinning against Catholics who are divorced and remarried.  They made a decision where they, in their consciences, saw and determined the good within a given situation.  Even if they were wrong, they did the best as they understood the situation.  As Aquinas put it, "when erring reason proposes something as being commanded by God, then to scorn the dictate of reason is to scorn the commandment of God." [Summa theological I-II Q19, A5, ad 2].



"We should not even think, therefore, that 'thinking with the Church" means only thinking with the hierarchy of the Church."
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Sept. 30, 2013----Pope Francis in 'America' magazine.