This open letter to all the Catholic bishops of the world was written by the moral theologian Dr. Christian Brugger. Dr. Brugger, a former theological consultant to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Doctrine in 2016, published his open appeal originally in catholicworldreport.com on March 19. Below is the entire text of the letter.
“It is this Magisterium’s task to preserve God’s people from deviations and defections and to guarantee them the objective possibility of professing the true faith without error. Thus, the pastoral duty of the Magisterium is aimed at seeing to it that the People of God abides in the truth that liberates” (Catechism of the Catholic Church, 890).
Well written and clear! I often wonder at the silence of bishops and priests on Faith and morals in response to Am. Let… In my home parish, we are praying for these concerns.. and our priest is gentle but insistent that this moral breakdown is looming over the Church. God Bless you for calling the Bishops to attention and the truth about this grave matter.
This is a wonderful idea and so obviously the right thing to do. I can’t believe no-one thought of it before! This certainly was Jesus’ Will. The need to be His Voice and Hands was touching. Brugger also puts himself at the service of others in this. I will photocopy his letter and send to our bishop and Archbishop. The anguish that the new paradigm is causing is extreme-and will be more so if/when they seek to overturn those other moral evils (by conscience). It’s already causing me torment from the devil; clearly my own weakness is the reason but being hard enough, I do not need this temptation- nor the anguish thinking of other souls! Because in the end we all know that wide and easy is the road to perdition. The truth is that when we excuse even one sin, using the Church or conscience as our excuse, in truth we have given up and are bound to leave the righteous road, sooner or later. We walk dangerously close to the mouth of hell instead.