Cardinal Sarah said the question of Communion for divorced and remarried was a Western, developed-world obsession and “not an urgent challenge for the churches of Africa and Asia.” Making what might be considered a direct answer to Cardinal Kasper’s famous snub of the Africans, Cardinal Sarah said, “I solemnly affirm that the Church of Africa will firmly oppose any rebellion against the teaching of Jesus and of the magisterium.”
The bishops of Eastern Europe have also stood up to the Kasperite proposals as have the bishops of Poland. If Cardinal Sarah is correct that the leaders of the African and Asian Churches stand against the innovations it may be that the battle Cardinal Kasper envisions will be himself, the German bishops and a few other bishops from the developed countries contra mundum.