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Pope's foot-wash a final straw for traditionalists
Yahoo ^ | 3/29/13 | NICOLE WINFIELD

Posted on 03/29/2013 8:31:16 PM PDT by OKRA2012

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has won over many hearts and minds with his simple style and focus on serving the world's poorest, but he has devastated traditionalist Catholics who adored his predecessor, Benedict XVI, for restoring much of the traditional pomp to the papacy.

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1 posted on 03/29/2013 8:31:16 PM PDT by OKRA2012
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To: OKRA2012

This traditionalist Catholic thought is was very moving.......


2 posted on 03/29/2013 8:32:36 PM PDT by basil (basil, 2ASisters.org)
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To: basil

I did not write the article.

But, the headline is rather sensational.


4 posted on 03/29/2013 8:34:26 PM PDT by OKRA2012
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He washed someones feet?


5 posted on 03/29/2013 8:35:40 PM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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To: OKRA2012

I realize that-—but I was giving my opinion of the foot washing.


6 posted on 03/29/2013 8:38:14 PM PDT by basil (basil, 2ASisters.org)
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To: OKRA2012

The liberals continue to propagate their own images of traditionalist values. Their minds would explode if they realized that the pro marriage march was right after the soup kitchen preparation, and before meal time atthe homeless shelter.

We must be aghast at a pope following God’s teachings.


7 posted on 03/29/2013 8:38:21 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: OKRA2012

It is kinda early for the final straw. I didn’t even hear about the other straws.
I wonder if the Pope uses a straw?


8 posted on 03/29/2013 8:44:14 PM PDT by ThomasThomas (Normal isn't normal anymore.)
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To: ThomasThomas

Lol.


9 posted on 03/29/2013 8:45:08 PM PDT by Jeff Winston
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To: kingu

From the article:

“Francis’ decision to disregard church law and wash the feet of two girls - a Serbian Muslim and an Italian Catholic - during a Holy Thursday ritual has become something of the final straw, evidence that Francis has little or no interest in one of the key priorities of Benedict’s papacy: reviving the pre-Vatican II traditions of the Catholic Church.”


10 posted on 03/29/2013 8:46:39 PM PDT by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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Leftists really are desperate to believe, and have everyone else believe, that conservativism/traditionalism is crumbling all over - wife tells me the local priest washed a bunch of feet, both male and female, at the service last night - didn’t seem to set off any alarms around here at all......


11 posted on 03/29/2013 8:47:00 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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I didn’t even hear about the other straws.

Apparently, one of the other straws was the New Pope (versus Pope Classic or Diet Pope I guess) refused to live in the luxury apartment that the Pope is given but instead, lives in the regular dorms with the regular priests.

I thought the 'traditionalists' were Conservative but it seems more and more they are closer to elitists and possible quasi-monarchists.

12 posted on 03/29/2013 8:47:02 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: OKRA2012
I'm not a Catholic, but this article seems totally whacked.

The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about?? This is traditionalism??

They now see a humble Pope, washing people's feet, avoiding senseless display, actively serving others, and they turn up their nose?? Oh! That's not what the church is all about! Heavens!!

Who writes this stuff?

13 posted on 03/29/2013 8:47:22 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The ballot box is a sham. Nothing will change until after the war.)
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To: Innovative

WWJD?


14 posted on 03/29/2013 8:48:35 PM PDT by IrishPennant (All warfare is based on deception.)
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The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about??

Just the opposite really. The more I've been reading it, Vatican II is more open while traditionalists were more elitists (such as calling for a return to the Latin mass and condemning any deviance from that mass).

In the Anglican church, there is a similar schism with the "High" church and "Low" church. The High church is the elitist church that focuses on tradition to every jot and tittle. The "Low" church is more down to earth with the people. We still use The Book of Common Prayer but we are much more casual in service letting the Spirit guide, if you will. (not in an irreverent way of course).

This Pope seems to be somewhere between Pope John Paul II (Vatican II) and Benedict (Traditionalist).

15 posted on 03/29/2013 8:52:05 PM PDT by mnehring
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To: IrishPennant

Wash feet.


16 posted on 03/29/2013 8:52:32 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (3% of the population perpetrates >50% of homicides...but gun control advocates blame metal boxes.)
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To: ClearCase_guy
I'm with you. To expect the media to get the significance of the Pope's humble act is to expect music from swine. The servant-hearted priest washing the feet of the poor is about as traditional as a Christian can get.
17 posted on 03/29/2013 8:53:20 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: ClearCase_guy
The Pope is supposed to wear fancy clothing and engage in ostentatious displays of wealth?? This what Vatican II was about?? This is traditionalism??

Sounds like they want the Holy Roman Empire back.

18 posted on 03/29/2013 8:54:56 PM PDT by montag813
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To: Intolerant in NJ
Leftists really are desperate to believe, and have everyone else believe, that conservativism/traditionalism is crumbling all over...

I suspect part of this ridiculous article is the desire among left-wing nutbags to imagine that everything good and humble is "liberal" and everything mean and hateful is "conservative". So, when they see the new pope doing something humble and which obviously most would respect, the left-wing nutbags have to believe that this act violates the "traditionalists" (dog whistle for "conservative" eheh). Of course, the Biblical reference would escape them completely, but anybody who spent ten minutes reading the Bible would understand what inspired Francis.
19 posted on 03/29/2013 8:55:38 PM PDT by fr_freak
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To: OKRA2012

I am a traditionalist Catholic. He is my Pope.


20 posted on 03/29/2013 8:56:33 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt ("When you're going through hell, keep going." - Sir Winston Churchill)
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