My goodness, it’s raining flapdoodle by the sheaf, and the FR faithful are at pains to paint the Vatican as just an uncontrollable herd of cats again.
Let me guess, some Papal appointee in the Vatican bureaucracy stepped in it. I’ll accept that this is not an accurate reflection of the institution as a whole when it’s repudiated and retracted.
Anyone who thinks "the Vatican" is a monolithic institution all in lock step with the Pope has no grasp of the reality of the situation.
The Justice and Peace crap comes out of offices closely aligned with the Vatican Secratariat of State. The Vatican Secratariat of State is a political office that is the source of much of the problems in "Rome," just like the Bush administration's Secretary of State office was always a thorn in the side of Bush, and often undermined him.
We adults need to understand that "the Vatican" isn't one big entity in lockstep agreement. It is a place where the world's agenda/politics and the Church's mandate often clash; even churches have opposing factions with political agendas that are diametrically opposed.
Maybe that's something only well understood by us Catholics who have been deep in the battles for the soul of the Church.
I asked someone else if they thought the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano speaks "for the Vatican" or "for the Pope." Every time the liberal editor at L'Osservatore Romano published another liberal piece of clap trap, everyone says "the Vatican has taken a new position on x y z..."
Which is pure nonsense!
I wrote an article for L'Osservatore Romano two years ago. I know for a fact the Pope read it, but he never refuted it or repudiated it, etc...so I guess I speak for the Pope too, huh? Imagine, a right wing FReeper speaks for the Pope, and so does this Justice and Peace bureaucrat.
So much for the monolithic Vatican...
Thanks RegulatorCountry and Ping to the End Times List plus a couple other folks who might find this of interest.
The temp just went up a degree or two in that pot of water. Did the little froggy notice?
FReegards,
Joya
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p.s. A.M. asked if it’s “The spirit of the age or spirit of religion?”
If it points to the One World Everything coming soon to a town near you, then it is BOTH age/religion spirit that is a package deal when the End Times happen.
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