‘The root of evil is not clericalism, whatever that may be, but rather rejection of truth and also moral licentiousness. The corruption of sound doctrine always entails and manifests itself in the corruption of morality,’ writes Cardinal Müller.
In a homily delivered yesterday at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls in Rome, during the English Speaking Clergy’s International Conference (Jan 13-17), Gerhard Cardinal Müller addressed the crisis in the contemporary priesthood. He stated that there exists a “Christological heresy” that weakens the work of the priests. “Within the idea that the Christian dogma is no longer the ground and criterion of morality and no longer pastoral, a Christological heresy appears.” the cardinal said, adding that this heresy “consists in setting Christ the teacher of divine truth and Christ the good shepherd in opposition to one another.”
Speaking thus about an intellectual and doctrinal error that has crept into the Church, the German prelate and former Prefect of the former Congregation (now Dicastery) for the Doctrine of the Faith, pointed out that “the root of evil is not clericalism, whatever that may be, but rather rejection of truth and also moral licentiousness.” In short, it is the very “corruption of sound doctrine” that “always entails and manifests itself in the corruption of morality.”
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