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" "Tradition is not a stagnant lake, but is like a spring, or a river: it is something alive. The Church is a living organism and thus it always needs to validly translation the Catholic tradition into present situations.
Walter Kasper (5 March 1933 –) is a German Roman Catholic Cardinal and theologian who served as the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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Guardi attentamente attorno a San Pietro e a Santa Maria Maggiore e chieda alla folla: tutti le risponderanno che aspettano un nuovo Francesco. Senza cercare una fotocopia, sono convinto che andremo avanti sulla linea di Bergoglio, ne ho parlato con molti cardinali. Intervistatore': le fazioni contrarie? 'Cardinale Kasper: Nelle congregazioni generali mi sembrano un piccolo gruppo. La Chiesa adesso non può permettersi di fare retromarcia.
Look carefully around St Peter's and St Mary Major and ask the crowd: they will all answer that they are waiting for a new Francis. Without looking for a photocopy, I am convinced that we will go ahead along Bergoglio's line, I have spoken about it with many cardinals. Interviewer: the opposing factions? Cardinal Kasper: In the general congregations they seem to me to be a small group. The Church cannot afford to backtrack now.