I believe that only Pelosi-Kennedy-Kerry Catholics will see a ‘positive boost’ to bh0’s visit with Pope Francis. However, I do not see Pope Francis ever endorsing the PKK version of Catholicism over the established 2000 year doctrine of the Church.
Regarding the encyclical, it is more fashioned from the Pope’s experiences in his home country than in the US.
The Pope will never say “If you like your sin, you can keep your sin and still be saved by Jesus.”
I saw the picture of the Pope standing between Obama and Kerry. Reminded me of Jesus between two thieves. Only I don’t see one of them (even the Catholic in name only one) asking for forgiveness.
There is only one form of benign tyranny which makes everyone equal. And there is only one benevolent tyrant. Involuntary equality involves breaking at least one of the 10 commandments.
Not enough white Catholics? Seriously?
Catholics have become a slightly more affluent group and the current Catholic population has a disproportionately low number of blacks, who make up one out of every seven Americans but only one out of every 25 Catholics, and high number of Hispanics, according to the Barna Group.
-- from the thread Survey: Catholics Adapt to Culture at Cost of Committed Faith"We've always been a double minority, she said. There are so few Catholics who are black, and there are so few blacks who are Catholic....Originally called the Portland Black Catholic Lay Caucus, the group was originally part of a national organization, the National Black Catholic Congress, with various branches throughout the country that aim to get black Catholics more involved in all aspects of church activities, including the priesthood. We were all feeling that black Catholics were almost considered to be invisible in the Catholic Church, Jackson said. We didnt feel included in the conversation with respect to Catholic activities in a lot of the parishes, locally and throughout the state.
-- from the thread Black Catholics create a home in Oregon
That the Pope would even consider giving audience to this bacterium tells me all I need to know about the Pope.
God save Catholicism and Judeo-Christianity.
Constitutional conservatives distancing themselves from corporate greed are a much better fit for Christians who are fed up with the direction of things.
I think the most important issue in this meeting is, the Pope knows Who God is, and he knows that his job is to point people to God. Obama thinks he is the son of God, and he is trying to point people to himself. So we have examples of humility with the Pope, and pride with Obama. It’s easy to see the differences. I’m glad we have the Scriptures, or else we would be fooled like so many democrats who are not familiar with God’s Word.
I am not Catholic, but I’m not a fan of Pope Francis.