From Filippo Mecozzi re Winnipeg Statement.The Winnipeg Statement The Winnipeg Statement is the Canadian Bishops' Statement on the Encyclical Humanae Vitae from a Plenary Assembly held at Saint Boniface in Winnipeg, Manitoba. (Msgr. Foy, C.I., October 2003) is not an "error to be eradicated" as a consequence of incompetence or misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis by the 80 bishops in plenary session Plenary session is a term often used in s to define the part of the conference when all members of all parties are in attendance. These sessions may contain a broad range of content from Keynotes to Panel Discussions and are not necessarily related to a specific style of delivery. in 1968; rather it is a libel of schism contradicting the creational order, honoured since creation up to the invention of mechanical, chemical, and surgical contraceptive means. At the same time, it denies papal infallibility papal infallibility In Roman Catholicism, the doctrine that the pope, acting as supreme teacher and under certain conditions, as when he speaks ex cathedra (“from the chair”), cannot err when he teaches in matters of faith or morals. in moral matters. In my opinion, the recall of the Winnipeg Statement should be more openly and vigorously debated in Catholic Insight. Colborne, ON P.S. I enclosed the article "Schism persisting" by Joseph Pope, Challenge, March 2004. |
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