I remind again that OBAMA QUOTED THE POPE IMMEDIATELY!
Obama could care less about the pope. How convenient that the pope should give Obama another talking point besides Obamacare.
Now Mandela died and Obama has a week to become the next Mandela....with the pope’s blessing.
I’m thinking of walking away from my religion....just, poof, walking away.
And did y’all hear about those priests in South Korea all in favor of North Korea....their order is something like Catholic Priests for the restoration of North Korea or some such?
Which would be no mind as there are nuts everywhere but THESE GUYS ARE SANCTIONED BY THE VATICAN!!!
What Pope Francis said was devastating to the church....right at the time when the lawsuits are almost done, when a big capital campaign is ongoing, when free books and groups meetings are being given and scheduled to promote more evangelization of Catholicism.
Right now I’m ashamed of my religion, much less eager to preach its doctrine.
Maybe I’m alone but as a devout and active Catholic, if the Pope’s alienated me I suspect there are plenty others just as disgusted.
... as a devout and active Catholic ...
IMHO, there perhaps may be a slight contradiction within this ...?
Saint Francis de Sales was one example of a life eager to preach Catholicism. In a homily (given by Fr. Roger Landry) about the horrific child abuse by priests scandal, he referenced the words of St. Francis de Sales who said ...
"Those who commit these types of scandals are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder," destroying other people's faith in God by their terrible example. But then he warned his listeners, "But I'm here among you to prevent something far worse for you. While those who give scandal are guilty of the spiritual equivalent of murder, those who take scandal — who allow scandals to destroy their faith — are guilty of spiritual suicide." They're guilty, he said, of cutting off their life with Christ, abandoning the source of life in the Sacraments, especially the Eucharist. He went among the people in what is now Switzerland trying to prevent their committing spiritual suicide on account of the scandals.