Cardinal Kasper telling porkies? Cardinal Pell - A True Synod Father!
High drama last night as Cardinal Kasper denied the comments he was reported as making about African Bishops on Zenit ( as I blogged yesterday ). After the interview was published, Cardinal Kasper told German media : “I am appalled. I have never spoken this way about Africans and I never would, I assure you that in these days and weeks…nobody from Zenit has introduced themselves to me and no one has asked for an interview. Nobody from Zenit has had an interview from me.” Edward Pentin, an experienced reporter for the National Catholic Register responded by posting the audio recording of the exchange with Cardinal Kasper on his website , along with the following statement: His Eminence Cardinal Walter Kasper spoke to me and two other journalists, one British, the other French, around 7.15pm on Tuesday as he left the Synod hall. I transcribed the recording of our conversation, and my iPhone on which I recorded the exchange was visible. I introduced myself as a journalist ...