I know this is an old thread and many discussions have ensued, but back to commenting on the original article/question:
Why is the Pope saying the Catholic Church is the only true Church offensive? I expect that from the top leader of that church. If he didn’t believe that, I’d think he was a weak leader.
I may disagree with him, being a non-Catholic (or -yikes- being a weak PC Catholic), but I’m not going to be shocked or offended that a man who believe in his church thinks it’s the way to go.
Every now and then someone does come back to the subject at hand. Congratulations. :>)
This thread is not about the right of the pope to make any statement he wants. This thread is about the damage to ecumenism that his rejection of other churches has brought about.
The article also demonstrates that the Roman Catholic church has real difficulty with proving its case of apostolic succession. Read the 3 points underlined in the article.
Thanks.
The interesting thing is that the lamestream media’s reports of what he said is in actual fact not what he said.