Posted on 08/07/2013 3:47:02 PM PDT by NYer
Well said, Mrs. D. It’s hillarious how the media left keeps doing this selective editing, and we keep lapping up their drivel.
I’m one of many Catholic FReepers who is grateful for Pope Francis and his approach to evangelization in the modern world. He ticks off the left and the right in pretty equal measure, which is fine by me. And yes, he believes in social justice, to the same level that has been taught since the Sermon on the Mount - which includes both love for the unborn AND love for the lowest among us. Why the two can’t go hand in hand I’ll never know.
Did love stop the Nazis from exterminating Jews? Did love stop the KKK from lynching? Did love stop John the Baptist from calling Herrod an adulterer? Complete insanity.
II'm with you. Hoosier. Mother Teresa seemed to be able o combine all the important stuff in one obstinate (but humble) package.
Mother Teresa said the fruit of abortion is nuclear war.
If you're intimating that those of us from the liturgical and socially conservative right who aren't particularly infatuated with the new pope don't profess both love for the unborn and love for the poor, you're wrong.
Mother Teresa hit the nail on the head.
I agree.
And the papal reign of Pope Francis is still in its infancy, and I would never foolishly presume to think he needs my advice on how to "do his job".
However, if he had a blog, and asked for genuine feedback and suggestions from the lowest of the common laity (such as me), I think I would tell him this.
1. If you talk to the western "main stream media", and you wax eloquently about the need for Christians to love all fellow sinners (including homo priests), you should immediately follow that with the clarification that such priests should preserve their chastity, and not act on their homosexual urges and temptations. (They should "Go and sin no more", just like all other sinners should do.)
(After he neglected to make that clarification in his recent interviews, it took what seemed like a huge old-fashioned "spin team" to truthfully make it clear that what he had said was in no way excusing sinful behaviors, nor was it changing any Catholic teachings.)
2. I would also gently point out to him that Blessed Mother Teresa never required anyone to explain her silence about the abortion issue, as she did not remain silent about abortion.
Even in front of presidents and other powerful people, she would stretch to her full five feet tall stature (maybe), and preach in no uncertain or vague terms about the evils of abortion.
In the face of such horrific evil and malevolent atrocity (with far more people being murdered by abortions than by the Nazis, for example), she never shied away from plainly and boldly telling the truth about abortion and calling for the end of abortion.
No one could accuse Blessed Mother Teresa of maintaining silence about one of the biggest horrors of our times.
May God bless Pope Francis.
Why let the text get in the way of a good “AAAAAAAAAGHHH!”?
If this Cardinal is a window to the Pope, then I would conclude that Francis is determined to pursue a rebranding of the RCC. I suspect the social-justice language, therefore, is made to make Roman Catholicism appear more acceptable to infidels and commies.
All of the big, well-known branches of Christianity will embrace the anti-Christ before the end comes.
Doesn’t change a thing for me. He is still saying that we shouldn’t speak of abortion because we must show how much we love, not because we are mean and old-fashioned. He is certainly implying (at least) that to speak of abortion outright is to make others think we are mean and old-fashioned.
This is just another example of the Church hierarchy caring more about what others think of the Church than boldly proclaiming the meany, traditional Truth.
It's always troubling to me when Person B steps in, and claims to know what Person A meant. I interpret such statements as a form of crowd control, trying to give Person A an out w/o actually speaking for them.
Good post. The pope should put you on retainer.
Except that he didn't say that.
"The fundraisers were the latest barb for area Catholic activists, who have decried Connors simultaneous ties with the Archdiocese of Boston and the progressive political and social world including the abortion industry".
Unless the Pope had been directly asked about abortion or makes some statement that is in conflict with the existing church position on abortion (neither of which is true as far as I know), then why would anyone even be concerned? Obviously, the position of the Catholic Church is that life is sacred and abortion is wrong. I would expect that the Pope would hold that same position.
Ironically, one of the bigger problems in the Church is that half of the people in the pews, think it is just hunky dory to vote and support for politicians who are aggressive abortion worshipers.
So, our hierarchy will now be even nicer about the abortion issue.
Wow, I think just the opposite message would be our message. We should be defending the those who cannot defend themselves.
Great point regarding Mother Teresa never remaining silent on abortion, even in front of world leaders.
Of course it’s an out. The issue is that Pope Francis did not speak about abortion. He admitted it himself in an interview.
And some folks have a need to defend it. And then some folks have a need to defend those that defend it.
I wish folks would stop with the never-ending excuses.
“Cardinal OMalley sounds like so many in the American Catholic hierarchy who have no morals or faith and have nothing but contempt for the millions of faithful Catholics who contribute their time, talent and treasure to the Catholic Church.”
How is that working out for them? I and many people I know have stopped giving all three as they shut down our schools and were complicit in Obama’s election; now I fulfill my sacramental obligations while my taxes take care of my financial obligations to feed/house/clothe the poor.
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