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The Second Vatican Council is not a \u201ccompleted history, but rather the beginning of a beginning,\u201d Cardinal Walter Kasper said at a talk last night<\/a> at the University of Munster, Germany, at which he was a professor 1964-1970. To advance the necessary reception of the Council, it is hardly useful to appeal to a \u201cvague spirit of the Council,\u201d but rather, the documents of the council must be re-read.<\/p>\n

After a return to a \u201cnew centralism\u201d in the post-conciliar era, it is necessary to recall \u201csubsidiarity as a rule of competence,\u201d the cardinal said. \u201cThe higher level intervenes only when the next level cannot handle something on its own.\u201d At the same time, he warned of a \u201crelapse into the notion of national churches.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is time to change the \u201coutmoded clericalist atmosphere in the curia,\u201d the cardinal said, for example by having more women in Vatican leadership positions. He is certain that Pope Francis will decentralize the church and strengthen local churches. In general, there is a need for \u201ca different style of exercise of office,\u201d with more emphasis on communication and taking laity more seriously. Francis will move in this direction.<\/p>\n

In the question-and-answer period, Cardinal Kasper treated the question of communion for those divorced and remarried. In 1993, as Bishop of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, he had released a pastoral letter along with Karl Lehman (then Bishop of Mainz) and another bishop which allowed for such people to receive Communion after serious examination of their conscience. He said last night: \u201cTurning someone away from the communion rail \u2013 one doesn\u2019t do that.\u201d He said that priests need clear directions from the bishops in this matter.<\/p>\n

The cardinal expressed similar sentiments on the reception of Communion by non-Catholics. He has recommended to such people, \u201cAsk yourself whether you can truly say \u2018Amen\u2019 to what is prayed in the Canon [Eucharistic Prayer \u2013 ed.]<\/em> of the Mass. Reflect on this \u2013 it is a decision of conscience!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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