[新聞] 非洲樞機主教領袖批評梵蒂岡發言人 Rosica 神父
Leading African cardinal critiques Vatican spokesman Fr. Rosica
非洲樞機主教領袖批評梵蒂岡發言人 Rosica 神父
Patrick B. Craine
Fri Oct 9, 2015 - 9:02 am EST
https://goo.gl/lxTZsU
ROME, October 9, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – South African Cardinal Wilfrid
Napier, a leading cardinal on the organizing committee for the Synod on the
Family, issued a pointed critique on Twitter of a controversial report on the
Synod by the Vatican’s English-language spokesman, Fr. Thomas Rosica, in
which the priest emphasized that the Church should “embrace reality” in
dealing with sinful situations.
Rosica’s summary of Synod fathers’ addresses at Tuesday’s press briefing
was criticized for its emphasis on liberal proposals and the strong language
he used to describe them. The remarks fuelled ongoing concerns from last year
’s Synod about the manipulation of the message by the Vatican press office
and the Synod’s organizing body.
After the press conference, Salt and Light TV, Rosica’s Toronto-based media
organization, tweeted out a link to an article about Rosica’s remarks,
saying, “Fr. Rosica Speaks on Synod Delegates, The Need to Embrace People
Where They Are.”
In reply, Napier tweeted: “‘Meet people where they are’ sounds nice, but
is that what Jesus did? Didn't he rather call them away from where they were?
”
At Tuesday’s press conference, Rosica had said, “There must be an end to
exclusionary language and a strong emphasis on embracing reality as it is. We
should not be afraid of new and complex situations. … The language of
inclusion must be our language, always considering pastoral and canonical
possibilities and solutions.”
Napier has been among the more outspoken tradition-minded Synod fathers. His
criticism of last year’s controversial interim report at the Synod, given at
a Vatican press conference, made international headlines. "The message has
gone out and it's not a true message," he said. "Whatever we say hereafter is
going to be as if we're doing some damage control."
“The message has gone out that this is what the Synod is saying, this is
what the Catholic Church is saying, and it’s not what we are saying at all,”
he said. "No matter how we try correcting that ... there's no way of
retrieving it."
Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins spoke on a similar theme as Napier’s tweet
during his intervention at the Synod this year, emphasizing the need to
promote repentance and conversion while the Church accompanies people. He
described his three-minute speech to Catholic News Service on Thursday.
"The truest compassionate mercy is a compassion that challenges," explained
the cardinal. He said meeting people “where they are” comes first, "but
that is only the first thing. The second thing is to help them become what
God wants them to be."
"Just to have accompaniment as people are moving in the direction away from
the Lord is not enough. We need to be with them in order to help people to
follow our Lord,” he added.
按：
其實這標題下得不好，正確來說樞機是批評媒體所轉述的羅思家神父在簡報中介紹
與會主教們的發言。
簡單講，梵蒂岡發言人羅思家神父（Thomas Rosica，同時也是加拿大鹽與光天主
教傳媒組織的總監）在主教會議第二天的會議簡報中說，在處理有關罪惡的情形，
必須強調應該要「擁抱該現實本來的樣貌」（"embracing reality as it is"）。
後來 10/7，鹽與光在推特上推文說，在 10/6 的簡報中，羅思家神父談論到「有
需要在人們所在之處擁抱他們」（"The Need to Embrace People Where They
Are" ）。
然後到了 10/9，南非樞機主教威弗．內皮爾（Wilfrid Napier）就在推特上公開
回應鹽與光說，「『在人們所在之處擁抱他們』聽起來很好，但那是耶穌所做的
嗎？他不是還要他們離開他們所在的地方？」（""Meet people where they are"
sounds nice, but is that what Jesus did? Didn't he rather call them
away from where they were?"）
內皮爾樞機的回應推文：https://goo.gl/bB6EDz
多倫多樞機主教多瑪斯．柯林斯（Thomas Collins）也在上週四天主教新聞社（
Catholic News Service）的訪問中說，與人們在其所在之處相遇只是第一步，第
二步則是幫助他們成為天主想要他們成為的樣子。僅在人們朝著遠離天主的方向上
陪伴他們是不夠的。陪伴他們的目的，是讓他們可以跟隨基督。
* * *
然而，如果仔細去聽 10/6 羅神父的發言（https://goo.gl/8ZYxJu，約從 19 分
開始），他前面的確講了媒體所報導的話（embracing reality as it is），但後
面他繼續引述主教的話：「看，天主在你所在的地方愛你，且愛你原本的樣子，但
天主不想讓你停留在那兒。祂想幫助你走得更遠。」（"Look, God loves you
as and where you are, but God doesn't want you to stay there. He wants
you to go further."）
內皮爾樞機後來也在他的推特指明這點（https://goo.gl/JqU0PH），並說：「這
真的很奇怪，只有一半（的發言）被引述！這是不是又是另一個『我是誰，憑什麼
判斷』的例子，也就是遺漏了『如果一個人試著活出天主的法律』這一部分？」（
https://goo.gl/jwGAKI）
只能說真的要很小心媒體的報導，不只一般新聞媒體，就連天主教的媒體也都會有
立場，只報他們想報的部分……。
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