Openly heterodox Bishop Bonny gently pushes progressive agenda in Synod speech

Openly heterodox Bishop Bonny gently pushes progressive agenda in Synod speech

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Analysis

Oct. 13, 2015 (LifeSiteNews) – Bishop Johan Bonny of Antwerp, elected by his peers to represent the Belgian bishops at the Synod on the Family, was one of the speakers at the first plenary assembly that took place last Monday.

Bonny, one of the younger Synod Fathers, is well known for his progressive stances. At the Synod, he adopted a standpoint that is common to all the proponents of Cardinal Kasper’s proposals for “mercy” towards couples living in other forms of cohabitation than true, lifelong marriage between a man and a woman. Namely, he spoke positively about marriage – suggesting implicitly that Church doctrine should not change on that point – while at the same time relying on sociological observation in order to justify new attitudes.

Bonny’s outspokenness on many forms of rejection of Catholic doctrine on marriage, family and human sexuality certainly made his speech an important one to put under scrutiny. But the first question that comes to mind is how such an obviously heterodox bishop can be considered as a legitimate interlocutor at all, in a Synod which is supposed to be working on the truth about marriage and the best way to guard that truth.