US, German cardinals demand trial, removing from workplace for German bishops approving homosexual marriage blessings

Leaders of the Catholic Church in Germany have to be punished for breaking from the Vatican and approving blessings for same-sex marriages, two cardinals say.

Cardinal Raymond Burke of the United States and Cardinal Gerhard Müller of Germany spoke in regards to the de facto schism underway in Germany throughout an interview with EWTN.

“Whether it’s a departure, heretical teaching and denial of one of the doctrines of the faith — or apostasy in the sense of simply walking away from Christ and from His teaching in the Church to embrace some other form of religion — these are crimes,” stated Burke. 

POPE FRANCIS WARNS GERMAN BISHOPS: CHANGING TEACHINGS IS ‘NOT LAWFUL,’ CAUSES CHURCHES TO ‘ROT AND DIE’

He continued, “I mean, these are sins against Christ Himself and, obviously then, of the most serious nature. And the Code of Canon Law provides the appropriate sanctions.”

Burke accused “revolutionaries” throughout the church of ignoring the Vatican’s authority and turning a blind eye to Pope Francis’s opposition to their modifications.

Last 12 months, Pope Francis reminded the devoted within the nation that the German bishops would not have the authority to propagate new theology or alter church governance.

IN GERMANY, CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR BLESSING OF SAME-SEX UNIONS

Gerhard Ludwig Cardinal Müller (r) stands throughout a consistory in St. Peter’s Basilica.  (Johannes Neudecker/image alliance through Getty Images)

In the message, the pope expressed concern for the laity and clergy of Germany if their leaders break with established church instructing. The assertion claimed that Catholics can be negatively affected by the numerous proposed modifications to the church pushed by Cardinal Reinhard Marx and different liberal German leaders of their “Synodal Path.”

“In order to protect the freedom of the People of God and the exercise of the episcopal ministry, it would appear necessary to clarify that the ‘Synodal Way’ in Germany does not have the power to compel the bishops and the faithful to adopt new ways of governance and new approaches to doctrine and morals,” the assertion from the Holy See stated. 

HIGH-RANKING CHURCH OF ENGLAND OFFICIALS ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE: ‘RANK HERESY’

Pope Francis and the German archbishop Georg Gaenswein, prefect of the Pontifical House, throughout the weekly basic viewers within the Paul VI Hall. ((photograph by Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio through Getty Images))

It continued, “Prior to an agreed understanding at the level of the universal Church, it would not be permissible to initiate new official structures or doctrines in the dioceses, which would represent a wound to ecclesial communion and a threat to the unity of the Church.”

Müller took a equally harsh tone, demanding that German bishops be placed on trial throughout the church and faraway from their workplace in the event that they fail to normalize their teachings.

“There must be a trial, and they must be sentenced, and they must be removed from their office if they are not converting themselves, and they are not accepting the Catholic doctrine,” stated Müller.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP 

Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich and Chairman of the German Bishops’ Conference, celebrates the opening mass of the convention within the cathedral on Sept. 25, 2018, in Fulda, western Germany. (ARNE DEDERT/DPA/AFP through Getty Images)

“[It] is very sad that a majority of bishops voted explicitly against the revealed doctrine, and the revealed faith of the Catholic Church and of all our Christian thinking, against the Bible, the word of God in the Holy Scripture and in the apostolic tradition and in the defined doctrine of the Catholic Church,” the German cardinal stated. 

Last 12 months, over 100 bishops from around the globe issued an open letter to the German bishops urging that they stop the synod and chorus from making illicit alterations.