As a Protestant, knowing this makes me warm to the Pope....thanks, Anna March, for helping me like him more. Knowing you liberals TRULY hate anything that smells of true Christianity (and I am not saying I agree with all of Francis' theology) helps me understand we are on the right path.
Perhaps she means, "The new pope is every bit the sexist homophobe his predecessors were." Anyway, it's nice that she noticed.
No hatred here.
It horrifies them that the Pope is a “believer.” They’d rather he was more like the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church.
Pope Francis is very different in style and words than either the philosopher Saint Pope John Paul II the Great or the theologian Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI ... only because he believes his papacy to be the evangelizer to the world to grow the body of Christ in the authentic Catholic faith, of which he is every bit the "son of the Church" that his predecessors in the Chair of Peter were.
We first needed the foundation of the philosopher and the theologian in order for the fruits of the evangelizer to be bountiful as possible.
Perhaps she has forgotten that it can be honorable
to think, speak, and act under Authority
Once one places themselves under the Authority of
God, Scriptures, Tradition (in that order)
what one thinks, says, and does is defined.
One might ask under what authority
this writer is applying Judgment.
Perhaps anger, ignorance, and Hubris.
I would be suspicious of any Christian that "Salon" actually liked ... Pope should take this screed as high praise.
She’s insinuating that the pope is Catholic.
"Further, it is ludicrous to suggest that a man who denies comprehensive reproductive health care (including all forms of birth control including condoms and abortion) and comprehensive family planning is a man who cares about the poor of this world.
And there you have it. For the left, it all comes down to killing babies.
I hope it makes a lot of people warm to him. After all, it’s great that he at least upholds some key issues.
It’s great to hear that from her, whether or not she realizes that.
Whew! I'm so relieved.
Faith of Our Fathers ping
In other words, the Pope is doing a great job.
People like her want a pope who is an arbitrary dictator who has no respect for the foundations and institutional integrity of the church, and will impose his will on it — to their liking, of course. Kind of like an American President they support. I don’t believe a man like that is ever going to be pope.
He abides by God’s word, Anna baby, not yours!
(and I am not saying I agree with all of Francis’ theology)
Nor he with yours, but when God said “whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life” He did not exclude those whose form of worship varies from yours, or from Catholicism.
I was wondering how long it would take for them to turn their fangs on him.
Hey liberals! the stuff about man + woman = couple didn’t come from the Pope. It came from human nature, which is reflected in the Bible and in the Church’s teachings.
Sexist? If the Pope doesn’t want woman priests, it’s his right to not have them. He’s the boss.
Do you REALLY think SOLON is an accurate source?
Of course, the Pope is Catholic and holds a hard line to Catholic teaching.
Wow. This Anna March just got that the Pope is CATHOLIC, not Episcopalian.
She’s smart that one.
~Theo