What's happened to the "who am I to judge" talk? This was Francis' response when asked about homosexuals in the priesthood. Apparently he has no qualms about judging priests and seminarians who are "overly pious".
This has been the rationale used throughout the Western church over the past 50 years to exclude from ordination many fine young men while active homosexuals and dissenters from Church teaching have been welcomed with catastrophic consequences. Many seminaries were and still are overtly hostile to young men with a love for Catholic tradition and devotions. "Neurotic" and "rigid" were/are the very terms so often used to blithely dismiss these young men as seminaries were turned into lavender palaces.
Take note here. Homosexuals are not sick. It's "overly pious" candidates for the priesthood who have a sickness.
To: marshmallow
Psalms 56:3-4 When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I shall not be afraid. What can flesh do to me?
Guess the Pope is going with Plan B — run away from scary priests who adhere to Word of God a bit too rigidly.
2 posted on
11/21/2015 11:22:50 AM PST by
ClearCase_guy
(I support anything which diminishes the Muslim population.)
To: marshmallow
There are some people who suffer from what used to be called “scruples.” Is this what he’s referring to? If so, he couldn’t have said it in a more insensitive and buffoonish way.
That said, you make excellent points in your post.
3 posted on
11/21/2015 11:24:10 AM PST by
miss marmelstein
(Richard the Third: I like to destroy the Turks (Moslims))
To: marshmallow
rigid priests = truly Catholic priests
Of course Francis is scared of them.
4 posted on
11/21/2015 11:25:14 AM PST by
piusv
(The Spirit of Christ hasn't refrained from using separated churches as means of salvation:VII heresy)
To: marshmallow
I wish he would just go away.
5 posted on
11/21/2015 11:27:58 AM PST by
FR_addict
(Ryan needs to go!)
To: marshmallow
I always thought neurosis was opposite psychosis.
6 posted on
11/21/2015 11:33:44 AM PST by
ncpatriot
To: marshmallow
Heretic Popes scare me.
7 posted on
11/21/2015 12:01:33 PM PST by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: marshmallow
I am deeply saddened by this Pope.
9 posted on
11/21/2015 12:05:37 PM PST by
Mastador1
(I'll take a bad dog over a good politician any day!)
To: marshmallow
12 posted on
11/21/2015 12:10:05 PM PST by
BRL
To: marshmallow
14 posted on
11/21/2015 12:19:30 PM PST by
BlessedBeGod
(To restore all things in Christ. -- Pope St. Pius X /// Democrats are Cruz'n for a Bruisin' in 2016!)
To: marshmallow
15 posted on
11/21/2015 12:50:57 PM PST by
jocon307
To: marshmallow
I think this Pope is not right in the head OR the heart! I think something is terribly wrong with him,
16 posted on
11/21/2015 12:55:38 PM PST by
Ann Archy
(ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: marshmallow
The Pope is pretty scary IMO.
18 posted on
11/21/2015 1:59:47 PM PST by
Calpublican
(Boehner minus the alcohol and orange spray tan= Ryan.)
To: marshmallow
This pope snaps his chompers quite a big. Maybe he’s rigid.
To: marshmallow
Eternal Father, I offer you the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of your dearly beloved son, Jesus Christ, in atonement for my sins and the sins of the whole world.
For the sake of his sorrowful passion, have mercy on us and on the whole world.
20 posted on
11/21/2015 3:22:36 PM PST by
Salvation
("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
To: marshmallow
The Pope is Priestiphobic.
I wonder when he last went to confession?
21 posted on
11/21/2015 3:38:26 PM PST by
right way right
(May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
To: marshmallow
You can be devout and be calm about it.
31 posted on
11/22/2015 4:20:00 AM PST by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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