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I don't know if this has been posted, but I have read several comments on this forum about the seriousness of the direction that Pope Francis is taking in regards to his leftist doctrine. I am not Catholic, but I am trying to understand if any devout Catholics are being ostracized for their resistance to Pope Francis' declarations, or if that is even tolerated in the current Church environment.
1 posted on 02/15/2017 6:12:00 AM PST by richardtavor
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I’ve ex-communicated myself from the Roman Catholic Church because of this pope. The other side of my family is Greek Orthodox so not a huge leap, I now consider myself Orthodox Christian/Catholic.


2 posted on 02/15/2017 6:17:27 AM PST by Catholic Canadian
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Its terrifying and he acts like a leftist dictator, with the Germans and a few others acting like his Politburo. Personally, I think he’s more than a little bit crazy.


3 posted on 02/15/2017 6:17:30 AM PST by livius
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I am not Catholic, but I am trying to understand if any devout Catholics are being ostracized for their resistance to Pope Francis' declarations, or if that is even tolerated in the current Church environment.

I'm Catholic and can tell you that the despise for Francis among traditionalists and "conservatives" (whatever that is now) is near universal.

Francis the wrecker/impostor is an anti-pope leftist POS thug.

When he dies, we should dig his ass up, try his miserable cadaver, burn his remains and throw them in the Tiber - like we did to Fromosus

5 posted on 02/15/2017 6:54:18 AM PST by AAABEST (Got Traditional Catholicism? - Angelqueen.org)
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At first it seemed he was just nieve- perhaps perochial South American. Not palatable, but the Spirit moves the Church as It will.
The article is correct in that the last year has removed any such innocent analysis. Humor is difficult to muster in all of this - I just resort to prayer now.


6 posted on 02/15/2017 8:34:07 AM PST by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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Speaking as a non-Catholic here, what I seem to be seeing is that the new Pope is trying to suppress dissent from the direction he is trying to move the Roman Catholic Church; as church leaderships frequently do. The thing is, those he is trying to marginalize are those who are devout Christians, and who believe the past teachings of the RCC. Denominations have attempted to suppress the devout before; I can’t think of a time when it ended well. I would welcome the thoughts of any Catholics on this thread; am I actually seeing what I think I’m seeing?


8 posted on 02/15/2017 8:57:03 AM PST by Keb
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This too will pass.


9 posted on 02/15/2017 10:40:26 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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We are seeing a Pope a movement of nations in the west go in the direction of center/right and he is frightened by it.


10 posted on 02/15/2017 10:43:48 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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The evil globalists needed a Pope to match their NWO agenda so they installed themselves one and couldn’t be bothered to wait for Pope Benedict to pass away.


12 posted on 02/16/2017 7:40:43 AM PST by captmar-vell
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The Pope asked Cardinal Muller, chief of the Congregation For The Doctrine Of The Faith, to force 3 orthodox theologians out of his office and it’s been done.


14 posted on 02/16/2017 11:30:10 AM PST by MDLION (J"Trust in the Lord with all your heart" -Proverbs 3:5)
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