Abortion: still a moral sin.
Excommunication: still a penalty that can be lifted.
Repentance and reconciliation of sinner with God and the Church: still the #1 goal of the Catholic Church from Day One.
But to the EneMedia it's something at once sardonic and exciting: Pope Francis going soft on sin! Subversion of doctrine! Revolution!
Funny how often the Secular Media Left and the RadTrad Right agree on distorting this in exactly the same direction.
More like, more evangelical in tone. Instead of waiting for would be penitents to come to it, the Roman church is advertising for them now.
A good move for any level of sincere Christendom.
And it has surprised the MSM and the Left in general every time there is a new pope elected, at least since John Paul I that the pope eventually turns out to be Catholic. Francis, or rather the reporting about Francis does cause me to worry about him from time to time but the bad news still turns out to be projections of the liberals rather than actual performance. The liberal fog machine has been running harder this time than previously so it is harder to see the actual man but that will probably change when the libs finally decide that they can’t pep talk Francis into being a an Episcopalian and/or a Marxist with a neon halo.
God has provided the one and only anointed, certified and necessary mediator and intercessor, His Son, Jesus, Christ. No human agent should presume to assume or supplant His office.
I don’t know...maybe I’m on the wrong thread, but since I’m former RCC here goes....
Jesus Forgives...if you ask Him in Repentance with a broken heart.
There’s only one “unforgivable” sin and here’s the scripture to prove it:
Mark 3:22-30
Matthew 12:22-32
You go to your grave denying the Deity of Jesus and that He is the Christ, born, died, rose from the dead (Romans 10:9-10)...then it’s unpardonable.
If abortion is murder, is not every woman who has procured an abortion an accessory before the fact??
It’s often hard for people to accept God’s mercy ... especially God’s mercy toward other people.
God has forgiven abortions via confession to a priest since the first day of the Church!!!
Stupid journalists know nothing! All sins are forgivable, it’s repentance that is the sinner’s challenge.
Mortal sins “kill” your soul immediately upon death, venial sins add the burden to your soul like mud attaches to your shoes, pulling you down daily and making mortal sins harder to fight.
The Catholic Church cannot forgive ANYTHING; only GOD can do so. And He has promised to do so for anyone who believes that He sent Jesus to die in our place.
For God so loved the world, He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life". - John 3:16