Did Pope Benedict XVI suppress debate in the Catholic Church?

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As great as Ratzinger was, he did have a blind spot about discussion and debate.

I believe was protecting the church and the it’s doctrine. He was a true Vicar of Christ. Modern thoughts are destroying the church right now. Traditionalism is more important than modernism.

You talk like that about Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI because you aren’t a good Jesuit.

Like many other Popes in past centuries he was under pressure to resign

We need to hammer on the truth not complacency

"Did Pope Benedict XVI suppress debate in the Catholic Church?" You probably just read "America" issues from time of Benedict XVI and see for yourself how much censored and oppresed they were. I guess the answer is: not at all.

Is it true he did little to hold bishops accountable for moving pedifile priests from parish to parish thus enabling them to rape and molest more innocent children?

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What would you expect from a Jesuit stupid magazine when they have their man on the throne.

For those things that are settled teaching , he was right to restrict debate about those things. Reese is just parroting the modern Jesuit line

Pope Benedict XVI did not suppress debate in the Catholic Church. Pope Benedict XVI fueled debate in the Catholic Church after a long despair from the one trick pony show of his predecessor.

People constantly pushing for “dialogue and discussion” typically have an end goal in mind, their self proclaimed neutrality on issues should be viewed with mistrust

Yes, Cardinal Ratzinger, who was a liberal at the time of V2, was shocked to see how far all of you were taking it all. He wanted to ground the Church in the actual teachings of Vatican II, not allow it to run free. I think Bishop Barron nailed it in his Farewell video. People should watch that for a better understanding of this holy man.

Ratzinger was unfair to Reese. He certainly was intolerant and unilateral as Prefect of CDF but somehow changed when he became Pope. He knew he was not just the doctrinal watchdog but the Pope of all Catholics and somehow he had to be more embracing, more open, less divisive. In other words, point of communion.

My personal experience is that conservatives eventually destroy what they say they are trying to save.

You have articulated exactly my own view of Benedict -- including that Teilhardian comment in his Easter sermon: The resurrection is the next step in evolution. This summarises all the writings of Teilhard de Chardin, and it remains a tragedy that the Vatican's monitum on his work has never been lifted.

It's one thing having "diverse" opinions, but in a Catholic publication there shouldn't be the promotion of opinions that are contrary to the Catholic faith. "America" was a ghastly rag when Thomas Reese SJ was editor in chief and hasn't exactly improved since then.

You wanted to dialogue away Catholic teaching? In a supposedly Catholic magazine?

I guess Benedict was nice to you guys since many your articles enjoy a particular bent into heterodoxy

Rubbish

Stellar interview! It’s always great to hear from Fr. Reese. I very much enjoyed America Magazine during his tenure as editor-in-chief.

So much harm has been done in the name of “dialogue.” People aren’t willing to understand the church’s point of view yet demand it understand and accept their own.

I try not to get into nasty comments on SM but I find a Priest with a pendant of a self proclaimed Marxist organisation, that has as one of its stated aims " the destruction of the nuclear family" hanging on the door, de-moralising.

A bit early to have this up IMHO but not the total hit piece I expected.

Rest in peace Pope Benedict. We love you. Into the Arms of Jesus.

Is America Magazine a Catholic magazine?

He suppressed debate like it was an altar boy.

Thank you, much more realistic than so much hagiographical material on Ratzinger. This is very balanced, to the extent that it risks sounding harsh.

BENEDYKT XVI TO WIELKI DOKTOR KOŚCIOŁA JAKO NIEUSTRASZONY OBROŃCA PRAWDY I GENIALNY TEOLOG. ZASŁUGUJE NA "SUBITO SANTO".

I am fairly certain that in "Introduction to Christianity", he does talk a little bit more on the Resurrection and Teilhard de Chardin.

He was great pope who helped preserve the teachings of church.

Maybe I like Paul Benedict as a national socialist?, Yes.

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“ Did Pope Benedict XVI suppress debate in the Catholic Church?”
Yes, probably, and that’s a good thing. Total freedom of expression is not a principle that the Catholic Church has ever abided by because that’s not how this works.

Suppressing debate is Jesuit-speak for losing the intellectual argument.

To answer your question - no he did not. There are many avenues to get alternative messages out. BENEDICT WAS THE ANCHOR OF THE FAITH. IT ISNOT A FREE FOR ALL. THERE MUST BE CERTAIN TRUTHS. Reece is not on the same level as Benedict ntellectually or theologically.
Religion is not based on a poll of questions. It's not what do the people want. That is asking the wrong question. The question is - what does God want of us? What is God calling us to be?

What whining. Geez.

Atheism is not "debate." Atheism is not limited to rejecting the existence of God. Since truth is synonomous with the understanding that it is exclusively the reflection of the mind of God, to reject the immutable unchangability of truth is to implicitly deny God, consciously or unconsciously.

Look at what he did to Matthew Fox

He was humble great POPE I was proud of all He did for the Church.
I do believe that he was Chosen by God

Pope Benedict is blessed and his legacy will live forever through his writings and his holy life. A future Doctor of the Church.

Suppress? Pope Benedict XVI knew what the German bishops were up to. See what's going on now!

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