In pastoral practice modernists have already trashed Humanae Vitae. For example by allowing contraceptives in Catholic hospitals and lessening or even extenuating moral culpability for contraceptive use. Now there is need to transpose this practical "heresy" into doctrine to affirm yet another identity group of sinners. Card. Sarah remarkably identified this "central concept at the very top of … More

In pastoral practice modernists have already trashed Humanae Vitae. For example by allowing contraceptives in Catholic hospitals and lessening or even extenuating moral culpability for contraceptive use. Now there is need to transpose this practical "heresy" into doctrine to affirm yet another identity group of sinners. Card. Sarah remarkably identified this "central concept at the very top of the hierarchy shredding the Church into pieces" in his book "Either God or Nothing" (Dieu ou rien):



"Pastoral practice can not be separated from Catholic teaching. Otherwise it " could evolve according to the circumstances, fads, and passions -- (which) is a form of heresy, a dangerous schizophrenic pathology." Card. Sarah did not hesitate to call such a "form of heresy"