[boatbums]

In a broad-ranging interview, Pope Francis has underlined the need for the Church “to heal wounds and to warm the hearts of the faithful.” “Ministers of the church must be ministers of mercy above all,” the Pope insists in the course of a 12,000-word interview. Conducted by Father Antonio Spadaro, the editor of the Italian Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, the interview was translated and published simultaneously by other Jesuit publications, including the American magazine America.

And...The Vatican vets all content in Civilta Cattolica, and the pope approved the Italian version of the article, which America magazine, the Jesuit journal in the U.S., translated into English. (http://news.yahoo.com/pope-criticizes-church-emphasis-abortion-gays-220829409.html)

[cherry]

I’ve just never loved the kumbaya church and its milk toast music, its hand slapping and signs of peace in church....

[GreyFriar]

Dear Boatbums,

I do not understand the point of your reply? I am NOT being cute or sarcastic, but honest that I don’t understand what is the point you are making?