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Cardinal Ratzinger, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Clergy, was quoted recently as saying that the “springtime of the Church” is a reality, but that it does not depend upon numbers.
1 posted on 08/13/2004 9:39:00 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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2 posted on 08/13/2004 9:40:41 PM PDT by Land of the Irish
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To: Land of the Irish

It did sound rather silly when he said that.


4 posted on 08/13/2004 11:58:08 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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What kind of weed are they smoking? Maybe it is just prescription medication.
We need to pray for a miracle. The current state of affairs is beyond human solution.


5 posted on 08/14/2004 6:15:37 AM PDT by rogator
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As usual, you schismatics are attacking the Pope and Cardinal Ratzinger, orthodox leaders of the Church, rather than liberal dissidents within the Church. Once again, you have shown that all you care about is bringing down and destroying the Catholic Church, rather than building it up on the basis of sound doctrine and good order. You are not helping the situation, but merely making it worse, which I guess is your intention anyway.


7 posted on 08/14/2004 10:24:24 AM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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Springtime? Nah, Paul VI and John Paul II undoubtably had the best of intentions in their earthshaking revamping and reinterpretation of the Catholic faith. But it alienated the people.

At least half of my relatives quit attending after the ill-concieved reforms, the reasons are that the people, the faithful expect that religion will connect them with those around the world, and throughout the ages through a common ritual and liturgy.

The old mass was the same in every nation, and every age, changing as rapidly as a mountain. The new mass is different in every nation, and in every age, I understand that still another re-write and re-translation of the mass is pending.

The new mass isn't heretical per se, but its constantly metamorphisizing nature goes contrary to the idea of a catholic or universal church.

34 posted on 08/14/2004 7:43:39 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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The tradition of the Church teaches us that God cares about numbers, which are indeed something of an indicator of the health of the Church Militant here on earth.

Mat 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide [is] the gate, and broad [is] the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat

a bondslave to the Christ
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37 posted on 08/15/2004 10:05:52 AM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Y'shua == YHvH is my Salvation (Psalm 118-14))
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