Pope Francis deplores ‘global war’ on marriage

Catholic Herald ^ | October 1, 2016 | Cindy Wooden

[ebb tide]

“Today there is a global war to destroy marriage,” the Pope said during a meeting in Tbilisi with priests, religious, seminarians and lay people active in parish life.

[onedoug]

I'm a Torah believer, and believe the “serpent” to have been God himself, testing His Creation.

There's apocryphal material in the Nevi’im and Ketuvim, but the Old Testament doesn't concern itself too much with Ol’ Scratch.

While there is abundant evidence for God throughout Creation, there is NO evidence for the “devil” until he is abstracted through the human mind, primarily as an agent responsible for Man's failures, even lessening Man's own responsibilities.

[onedoug]

What happened to Benedict then?

[Arthur McGowan]

Benedict was not removed. He resigned.

There is no process by which a Pope can be removed.

[dfwgator]

Benedict was not removed. He resigned. There is no process by which a Pope can be removed.

Who's being naive?

[onedoug]

Sure. He “resigned”.

[Arthur McGowan]

There’s no evidence he was coerced or even pressured to resign.

The point is that there’s no legal mechanism for removing a Pope against his will.

[Arthur McGowan]

There’s nothing naive about noting that there is no legal process for the removal of a Pope.