Pope Francis: Put-Down Artist?

This is a trend which has prevailed in the Church since the Council. The greatest enmity...in fact the only enmity....has been reserved for those who hold fast to tradition. Heretics and modernists have been allowed much greater freedom. The "who am I to judge" mantra is applied selectively and arbitrarily.

While the Pope's verbal assault on persons is a matter of concern, a more worrying issue, at least as far as I'm concerned, is the way he plays around with Gospel passages. He stated that when Jesus rebuked the Apostles, he wasn't really angry. He was just "pretending". He followed that up by pouring cold water on the miracle of the loaves and fishes (the feeding of the 5,000) and said that the real miracle here was one of sharing, not multiplication; i.e. people brought food with them and shared it as a result of prayer.

If a Pope is prepared to twist and trivialize Scripture, there is little doubt that he'll do the same with the Church.

Everything about the past 12 months has been bizarre. From the sudden resignation of BXVI, to lightning striking the dome of St. Peter's on the same day, to Francis' assault on the FMI, to his frequent tongue lashings of traditionalists.

"And referring to the Catholic church as a her devines your misogynistic belief in gaism aka the holy mary is more devine"

This is in error. The Church may properly be reverred to as "she" because St. Paul says she, the Church, is the Bride of Christ; and St. John (Revelation 12) says she has many offspring:

(verse 17)" And the dragon was enraged with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Hence, Holy Mother the Church.

If a Pope is prepared to twist and trivialize Scripture, there is little doubt that he'll do the same with the Church.

What's to stop him? People don't seem to understand that his personal opinions and Church teachings aren't one and the same. Remember his comments regarding the Virgin Mary ("Lies! I was cheated")? And regarding the Orthodox - "Orthodox theology is very rich. And I believe that they have great theologians at this moment. Their vision of the Church and of synodality is marvelous.” He is an ecumaniac of the first order, and in that light, his admiration for Cardinal Kasper's theology makes perfect sense. Traditional Catholicism is nothing but an obstacle to his ecumenical vision.

He has no right to "twist and trivialize scripture", yet many believe that because he is the Pope he possesses the authority to promote his own personal interpretations of the Word of God. Many Catholics are clueless regarding the limitations of papal authority and treat every unedifying word out of his mouth as though God Himself were speaking.

He is divisive and harsh to his own flock and unctuous and uncritical towards those who hold the Church in contempt. He apparently enjoys the fawning reaction of the world too much to speak out against atrocities such as the Belgian child euthanasia law. He wants to decentralize the Church and empower the bishops' conferences who are as usual, in bed with national governments. His "book of insults" toward sincere Catholics just keeps growing, and his "humility" is constantly thrust in our faces by his PR people. This papacy is a punishment.

said that the real miracle here was one of sharing, not multiplication; i.e. people brought food with them and shared it as a result of prayer.

Cite?

As for Jesus not being angry, it is possible that he was indeed rebuking forcefully, like a father who rebukes a child for crossing the street without looking. It can be forceful and dramatic without being a reaction to anger. A good parent never disciplines out of anger.

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