[NYer]

Lengthy but fascinating .. tossing a bone out there for the FR Catholics, on which to gnaw. Ping!

[Alex Murphy]

Jesus Christ said the identifying sign of his followers would be that they would love one another. "By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." (John 13:35) If that is the case, then I would suggest the many of those who run Catholic blogs and websites do some real soul searching because you are not displaying a whole lot of loving at the present moment, especially when it comes to our Holy Father, Pope Francis. The Catholic blogosphere has lit up with rants and raves against Pope Francis in light of his two recent interviews. There have been those who have written favorably of the Holy Father, but I would estimate that they are outnumbered by about 50 to 1. Many have gone right up to the edge of accusing Pope Francis of being a heretic.

Several Catholic FReepers have done likewise!

[ebb tide]

The author defeats his whole article with this statement:

I'm afraid this statement shows Fide's confused state of mind.

[piusv]

So, I've only gotten this far:

He has condemned such things as abortion and same sex marriage many times

Really? no he has not. In fact, he states that we shouldn't condemn these things many times.

[ClaytonP]

Francis is a public heretic. In other times he would have been excommunicated for what he said when he was a bishop and cardinal and would have never gotten near the papacy.

The endless rationalizations that people like this author show demonstrate that the teaching of the Catholic church are not eternal and people like him are willing to change whatever they believe on the basis of the current occupant of the Vatican.

[count-your-change]

“Jesus Christ said the identifying sign of his followers would be that they would love one another. “By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” (John 13:35) If that is the case, then I would suggest the many of those who run Catholic blogs and websites do some real soul searching because you are not displaying a whole lot of loving at the present moment, especially when it comes to our Holy Father, Pope Francis.”

“If that is the case” then by the words of Jesus, vs. 34 included, most of what calls itself “Christian” today fails the test.

[narses]

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[Biggirl]

Why all this fighting over Pope Francis?