The Letter of the Thirteen Cardinals. A Key Backstory

Since the letter of the thirteen cardinals to the pope became public knowledge, the Vatican authorities, through Fr. Federico Lombardi, have not passed up an opportunity to censure its publication and, more or less indirectly, its contents and authors.
The latest instance came yesterday, in the daily press conference accompanying the work of the synod, when the director of the Vatican press office took aim for the umpteenth time at “the fateful letter that has received much more attention than it deserves.”

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