Posted on 12/16/2006 11:19:51 AM PST by wagglebee
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This is an excellent commentary that even non-Catholics will benefit from!
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"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." -Manuel II Paleologus
I like it.
The media treats Pope Benedict the same way it treats conservative America. According to them, it is our duty to reach out to those around the world who blame US for their problems. The media never suggests that the other side has any responsibility for checking their own moral compass.
Pope Benedict wants to bring the Church back to where it sets the moral standard that others must live up to. That is not popular, but it is necessary.
**Pope Benedict XVI and Christianity stand accused of "divisiveness." **
No, the word, catholic, with a small 'c' means universal!
BUMP!
Pope Benedict is brilliant bump!
Words that should be posted on the door of every church.
"Flexibility and pragmatism" is the hallmark of that liberal Catholicism that has failed to attract people to the Church, has in fact alienated millions.
Thanks for posting and pinging this article - so concise, clear, essential. That's it in a nutshell.
The Catholic Papacy has not changed its devisiveness in over 1000 years. See the elimination of the Cathars as well as the elimination of the Templars - all served the church, but all have suffered in the long run by knowing/aligning (with) the pope.
Excellent article!
Amen!!!
Go Benedict Go!!!!
Cathars, okay. The elimination of the Templars served the King of France, not the Church.
Eliminated by the church, if you read your history you will see as the church began to solidify its position in the west, the Templars and the Hospitlars had served their purpose.
Because they were no longer needed they were eliminated by the church, since some of the members of the Templar organization saw fit to support the Cathars, who were eliminated at Carnac, in southern France.
BTW, it was the Normans, the French as you say, who served the church - not the other way around. This began the bastion which supported the church for many centuries, and by Leonardo Da' Vinci's time, the church had the largest standing army in Europe.
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Followers of PC are so hypocritical. They demand multiculturalism and diversity. Then when the Pope expresses his diverse culture, the hypocrites scream "divisive!"--clearly mental derangement.
Seems to me this should be followed by ALL Christians!
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.
Romans 12:2
Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:15
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