Cardinal Fernández opens DDF plenary with call to ‘intellectual humility’

Cardinal Prefect Victor Fernández opens the plenary assembly of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, and calls for care and intellectual humility when pronouncing on delicate theological issues.
By Devin Watkins
The Plenary Session of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith opened on Tuesday with a meditation delivered by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández.
The Dicastery’s Prefect entitled his reflection “Do Not Ask the Light, but the Fire,” drawing inspiration from St. Bonaventure’s invitation to pose the great questions of life to God.
“Recently, while in prayer,” began the Cardinal, “I have felt a strong call to intellectual humility, recalling those ancient words: ubi humilitas, ibi sapientia (‘where there is humility, there is wisdom’).”
He extended that invitation to those participating in the Dicastery’s plenary session.
Cardinal Fernández recalled that God has given human beings the univeral capacity for thought, but noted that we can never achieve “exhaustive …