Synods of Bishops Resolve Nothing Only Produce Repetitions

Stephen Fumio Cardinal Hamao †

Function: President of Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant Peoples, Roman Curia

Title: Cardinal Deacon of St. John Bosco in Via Tuscolana

Birthdate: Mar 09, 1930	Country: Japan

Elevated: Oct 21, 2003	More information: www.catholic-hierarchy.org

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Synods of Bishops Resolve Nothing Only Produce Repetitions
Sept 15, 2004
The bishops make proposals at the synods, and the Holy Father gives an apostolic exhortation, but nothing is decided.

(Asia Focus, 7 November 2003) Cardinal Hamao also wants the next pope to call the "Third Vatican Council." Synods of bishops, he said, "resolve nothing; they just produce repetitions -always repetitions. The bishops make proposals at the synods, and the Holy Father gives an apostolic exhortation, but nothing is decided."

On synods of bishops not taking decisions, Cardinal Hamao said: "I don´t think this is due to the Holy Father. But the fact is there is no change in the structures of the Church. This does not strengthen the faith."

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