Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández revealed that Pope Francis was aware of his controversial book on spirituality and sexuality.
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, said in a recent interview that Pope Francis was aware of his book “The Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality.” the media has sparked a number of controversies.
The Pope knew about the book
The book was originally published in Mexico in 1998, when Fernández was 36 years old. He had already been a priest for twelve years and had already obtained his doctorate in theology. The book is no longer published, but Argentinian blogger Caminante Wanderer recalled its controversial content in a post on January 8.
Last week, the Argentine cardinal responded in an interview with the EFE news agency to the criticism he received following the latest news about the book.
– I predicted it. Because I knew that among the current controversial issues [chodzi o deklarację “Fiducia supplicans”, która umożliwia spontaniczne błogosławieństwa par osób tej samej płci – przyp. red.] old things like this book will come in handy. I told the Pope when he offered me this position for the second time [Prefekta Dykasterii ds. Nauki Wiary – przyp. red.]that this could happen, but he was already sure about it and he also knew about this book – revealed the cardinal.
The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith noted that “the book attracts attention because it is the result of research on male and female orgasm that I conducted with a group of married couples.”
– But something similar was done by two people bigger and wiser than me: Saint. John Paul II and the holy abbess and church physician Hildegard of Bingen. I quote verbatim some conclusions from Saint’s research. Hildegard, because it is important to read it directly: “When a man’s sexual urge is felt, something inside him begins to turn like a windmill. While in a woman pleasure is like the sun that makes the earth soft, light and constantly bathed with its warmth” – Fernandez continued.
The cardinal also noted that “this saint was more precise and specific than I. But the research we conducted with these couples was designed to discover whether these differences had any impact on their relationship with God.”
Source: Do Rzeczy
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