The new Pope is a nut. The previous two popes were consistently conservative and pro-life and pro-marriage.
counting down until apologists claim Pope Francis is “misquoted”: 10, 9, 8....
You can’t talk mean to your parishioners. They might leave the church or quit religion altogether. Seems like that’s the world we live in.
A one panel comic appeared in The New Yorker after Vatican II, showing two great doors of the Vatican, and two unhappy looking cardinals watching a devil walk through the doors carrying a sheaf of papers.
One cardinal saying to the other: "Personally, I think this ecumenism has gone too far."
ALL of “Organized Religion” is “soft” on SIN!
And the Pharisees and the scribes grumbled, saying, This man receives sinners and eats with them.
You know the Catholic Church is in trouble when a Baptist call out is on the money.
What concerns me are the phrases “Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them. . .”
Are “good” and “evil” what WE conceive them to be?
And, this one, “The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the good.”
But, I thought the “good” was whatever WE conceive it to be, right?
Look, I’ll be upfront - I’m a Baptist, but I certainly do not hate Catholics or this Pope. I appreciate that the Catholic church has preserved many of the Greek/Hebrew texts of the Scriptures. I respect their pro-life position and how they have never wavered from it. But, in this day and age of moral and religious relativism and pluralism, I think sending out “fuzzy” statements only contributes not only to confusion, but to a false sense of security with God for the unbeliever.
A non-Christian hearing those statements would probably think the Pope is saying, “hey, whatever you think is right is right, whatever YOU think is wrong is wrong - God will accept that”.
Now, maybe that’s NOT what the Pope means, but it sure sounds like that is what he is saying.
I don’t condemn anyone, that’s God’s prerogative, but we are to “test” the spirits, test and discern, and yes, judge right and wrong according to God’s standards, not ours.
I was raised baptist. This guy shouldn’t be casting stones, but sadly they’re really good at that.
“Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them,
Classic moral relativism, unless “he” is capitalized referring to God. The last two popes spoke against this nonsense.
More and more, this guy seems to be fulfilling the prophecy of the last pope. I know this is sad commentary coming from a Catholic convert.
“Protestant Padre Disagrees With Pope”
Who’d a thunk it.....
I love you Pope Francis but you are as wrong as you can be on this one. Certain Muslims think that it is good and Allah's will to kill innocent people that they perceive as "infidels". That is their good and it most assuredly does NOT make the world a better place. There is evil and there is good and you should know the difference Your Holiness. It is not what someone's IDEA of good is. That is what the holy mother Church is for, to lead souls to Christ and what is good.
Moral relativism does not match with the job of
Pope