On December 21 Cardinal Wilfrid Napier posted on X (formerly known as Twitter):
The “Fiducia Supplicans” debate lacks one essential word. Yet that word was the first on Jesus’ lips when he delivered his very first teaching: “Repent & Believe in the Gospel!” Thereafter he selects two fishermen Simon & Andrew in order to make them fishers of men!
— Cardinal Napier (@CardinalNapier) December 21, 2023
Cardinal Napier is the Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Durban, South Africa, having retired in 2021 and is regarded as one of the most orthodox, outspoken voices in Africa, especially during the two Synods of Bishops on the Family in 2014 and 2015.
The South African Archbishop was one of the 13 cardinals that wrote a private letter to Pope Francis expressing serious concern regarding the possible manipulation of the 2014-2015 synods, which were followed by the Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia.
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