As Catholic as Martin Luther was.
Posted on 10/24/2020 5:50:05 PM PDT by NRx
Well, that’s a rhetorical question that bites the dust.
Like Rick and Ilsa in Casablanca who will “forever will have Paris”, bears will continue to do what they do in the woods but I’m not so sure you can say the same thing about the pope.
I’m bewildered at the dizzying pace in which Pope Francis is giving away the store. And make no mistake, the recognition of civil unions for homosexuals is so “yesterday” that it really doesn’t make sense to be talking about it at this juncture. Except on this level: eventually, the Catholic Church will go full ‘Piskie and find a sacramental way to sanctify sodomy. It has to; the State will make sure that it does.
As far as the other pesky things the Catholic Church teaches, they will be given a pass. The State doesn’t care if it believes in the efficacy of the other sacraments. Those are internal things. Sodomy and abortion are the only rituals that matter to the new secular overlords.
My first instinct is to address my traditional Catholic brethren, for whom I have great sympathy: What now, Tradcats? Do you still hold to the doctrine of Sede Vacantism, the idea that Francis is not a validly elected Pope? Or, if he a legitimate successor to St Peter, where the magisterium resides in his office?
I realize that the more realistic among them will always looks to the Roman Curia to serve as a backstop to any possible papal excesses. Where is the Curia now? Or has the rot, the “filth” which Pope Benedict XVI warned us about, completely taken over them?
I could go on with this line of questioning but that would be churlish. We Orthodox have our own problems with the episcopate so I won’t be the pot calling the kettle black. As a fellow Christian, I truly feel your pain. So instead, I will turn my gaze to my own backyard.
Patriarch Bartholomew has presumably been watching this spectacle, as he is again, joined at the hip with Pope Francis. Several years ago, while in Estonia, he gave a sermon in which he came down hard against same-sex marriage. Now, it is looking more like it was an Obamaesque-type ruse; a way to buy some time until the culture changed.
And boy has the culture changed! Bartholomew has arrogated a papal ideology to himself, crafted by his protege, an archimandrite by the name of Elpidophoros Lambrianides. He later elevated this priest to archiepiscopal status here in America. Clearly, this new archbishop imbibes the spirit of the age in every way possible. It would not strain the eyes of even the most dim-witted to see where the more progressive elements of the Orthodox Church are leaning.
We can lament the self-inflicted wounds that Catholicism has inflicted upon itself, but alas, there’s nothing more we can do. Hopefully, it’s not too late.
Does a muslim poop in the desert?
He is a Jesuit and Jesuits are Communists.
A total nightmare for us Catholics. Thankfully we don’t practice for the Pope. At least he’s ancient. White smoke soon perhaps?
As Catholic as Martin Luther was.
As Catholic as Marx was.
Nyet!
As Catholic as Biden is.
Is he Catholic?
No,,,I don’t think so.
No. He is a card carrying Communist, and being religious is against everything a Communist stands for...
I know a bear poops in the woods.
At this point I cannot tell you if the current Pope is Catholic
He's as Catholic as "the big guy"!
Is the pope a Marxist?
This is like Godfather III!
frankie is an idolatrous commie fag.
“At least he’s ancient. White smoke soon perhaps?”
Considering how he has “packed” the college of cardinals with his minions, I wouldn’t hold much hope for a return to the traditional church.
Does he poop in the woods?
No doubt he comes out of the woods with some dookie on him.
This Dope Francis is as Catholic as Nanny Pelosi, Joe Biden, any of the Kennedys, Maisi Horono, Diane Feinstein, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, and all of the other disciples of Satan on the national stage.
This Dope Francis is as Catholic as Nanny Pelosi, Joe Biden, any of the Kennedys, Maisi Horono, Diane Feinstein, Kamala Harris, Chuck Schumer, and all of the other disciples of Satan on the national stage.
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