[philetus]

The election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI rankled those who advocate married priests, a bigger role for women within the church and softening its policy on homosexuality, birth control, euthanasia and abortion."

They can claim they're Catholic until hell freezes, but they're not.

[Unam Sanctam]

How dare a Pope embrace Catholic teachings!

[SauronOfMordor]

Since the Pope appoints the bishops, having an Inquisitor Pope may be bad news for the Leftists who have infiltrated the Church hierarchy in the US. I can see the new Pope being very careful about his choices for new appointments

[Viking2002]

"The election of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger as Pope Benedict XVI rankled those who advocate married priests, a bigger role for women within the church and softening its policy on homosexuality, birth control, euthanasia and abortion."

Yeah, ain't that a shame that he opts to follow two millenia of Church doctrine - God's Word, at that - rather than kowtow to the same gluteal cavities that also think the Constitution is a 'living, breathing' document that should change intent and meaning like some politically correct bingo game.

Ain't it just a crying shame.

[libertarianben]

I'm not a religious person but to be in a religion, you have to believe in all the teachings not just the ones you like.

It's not a club

[kstewskis]

Catholics for a Free Choice, a progressive group based in Washington, laid out an action plan for the new pontiff to pursue in his first 100 days with the goal of healing fractures within the church.

How arrogant is that?

I hope we see a "smack down" of these jerks, in the likes of a "loud silence" of what he (and the rest of The Church) thinks about their so called "action plan."

They are an embarrassment to many faithful US Catholics.

[PLK]

Gay and lesbian Catholics

Talk about your oxymoron!!!!!!!

Please ... people who practice "homosex" as a "lifestyle" are NOT CATHOLICS! It is NOT a social club. You either profess the faith of The Church, or you do not. They do NOT - therefore, they are not Catholics, in any way, shape, or form.

That's the way it is, whether they want to acknowledge it or not.

[caisson71]

Gays, lesbians, pedophiles, liberal Catholics, Catholics of Free Choice or whatever name they want to go by will most definitely be disappointed. Their hope of a "living gospel" is dashed. They're wish of a more "culturally aware" Catholic Church is not to be. In fact, many liberal Bishops will find new meaning in obedience.....I hope.

[Petronski]

Liberal Catholics do not know the light of ALL that is beautiful about the Roman Catholic Church. We should pray for the reconversion of those whose hearts have not hardened beyond steel.


The rest should hit the road.

[Antoninus]

Meanwhile, the real, practicing Catholics are elated.

Long Live Benedict XVI!

[af_vet_1981]

Liberal U.S. Catholics on Tuesday expressed dismay at the choice of a conservative new pope and doubted he will heal an institution racked by disillusionment and tarnished by a sex abuse scandal among the clergy.

It is the liberal U.S. Catholics that caused the scandal. They are the problem. Let them leave.

[krb]

Liberal U.S. Catholics on Tuesday expressed dismay at the choice of a conservative new pope and doubted he will heal an institution racked by disillusionment and tarnished by a sex abuse scandal among the clergy

That's weird, because I'd have thought that a conservative Pope would be better at atoning for the past sins of gay priests.

[DaydreamBeliever]

If anyone wants to be a liberal Catholic, they should become Episcopalian.

[Jim Noble]

Amchurch was put to the vote today in the conclave.

Amchurch lost.

[reg45]

Imagine how dismayed they will be when Kennedy, Kerry, Biden, Lahey, Mikulski and Durbin are all excommunicated.

[Jaysun]

Under the Pope John Paul II, American Catholics' attendance at weekly Mass declined as many were put off by what they saw as increasingly conservative Vatican doctrine.

Attendance may have declined, but how in the hell do they know it's because American Catholics "were put off by what they saw as increasingly conservative Vatican doctrine"?

[MisterRepublican]

One could hope these liberals would leave the Catholic Church. But like the Democrats that didn't go to Canada after the election, they won't leave but will stay around and whine about everything.

[ishabibble]

Upset? Please watch the C-span speech given by "Gay Gene" Robinson to the Planned Parenthood audience. I watched it on Sunday night, and at first, thought that I had had more wine with dinner that I'd originally thought. Nope. That snotty braggart was sucking up like nothing I've ever seen.

"What your cause and my cause have in common..." was the frame for a long and sleazy lovefest by Gene for Gene. I didn't hear anything about the word of God, so I guess that isn't part of Liberal religious leaders duties.

The conclave did the right thing by Roman Catholics today, and the shrieking wingnuts who defame all religions by pretending to be involved in it can go pound sand.

[Antoninus]

Under the Pope John Paul II, American Catholics' attendance at weekly Mass declined as many were put off by what they saw as increasingly conservative Vatican doctrine.

Of course, what this doesn't say is that those parishes which have suffered the worst and most precipitous decline in attendance are almost universally the most liberal and least Catholic. Coincidence? I don't think so.

[american colleen]

It urged the new pope to appoint a commission to review church policy on condoms, to establish a pontifical academy on women's rights in the church, and to welcome back those marginalized over the last quarter-century -- including gays and lesbians.

I think the Vatican has done this? Contracted out to the ECUSA to study and test case these policies... so far, I heard the results are dismal. ;-)