Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, head of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, responded to criticism of a book on spirituality and sensuality written in the 1990s.
In a 1998 book, the Argentine priest presented a spiritual reflection on human sexuality and the meaning of an orgasm. The text came to light again in connection with the controversial declaration “Fiducia supplicans”, issued by the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith and approved by Pope Francis, which allows the blessing of same-sex couples under certain conditions.
“I certainly wouldn’t write it now,” Cardinal Fernández told Crux, noting that he wrote the book when he was younger.
The cardinal noted that he canceled publication of the book on sexual themes shortly after its appearance and “never allowed it to be reprinted.” but then realized that the book “could have been misinterpreted.”
– So I don’t think it’s a good idea to spread it now. In fact, I did not agree to this and it is against my will, Fernández said.
A controversial book
The book describes an imagined sensual relationship between Christ and a teenager, combines human orgasm with divine intimacy, and speaks of sinful sexual activities carried out in a manner “without guilt and without loss of God’s grace or experience of His love.”
In the seventh chapter of the book, Fernández addresses the topic of pornography and sexual arousal, stating that “a woman […] she is less attracted to looking at pictures of violence, orgies, etc. than a man. This does not mean that she is not aroused by hardcore pornography, but rather that she enjoys and appreciates it less.”
The text goes on to discuss “the possibility of achieving in our relationship with God a kind of satisfying orgasm that does not mean so much physical changes, but simply that God manages to touch the spiritual-physical center of pleasure so that the satisfaction encompasses the entire world. the whole person ‘is experienced’.
“Let us remember that God’s grace can coexist with weaknesses, but also with sins, when there is very strong conditioning. In such cases, a person may do things that are objectively sinful, but he is not guilty of them and does not do them. Losing God’s grace,” he told the author in the passage on homosexuality.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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