EXACTLY!! I raised the very same point to oh-so-Catholic-girl wife, and she (dutifully) said..."well, there are people that want to kill him! He can't possibly do that"..
Was a true facepalm moment.
BTW, not that I’m Catholic (Lutheran) but have gone to “wife’s (very Catholic) church” for 25+ years now..
Finding it VERY hard to attend as I think this Pope is basically the “Catholic Obama”. Really sick and tired of hearing (the wrong kind of) politics from the pulpit, vs teaching the word of God.
Can’t agree with their politics ONE IOTA.
Odds are high that this Pope will be the demise of the Church..guy is a total Socialist, Marxist and quite possibly could be a true “Anti” Pope like has been seen several times throughout history. Really sad to see but is the worst Pope in the past 200 years.
Unfortunately, Catholic girl wife is totally blind to it all. I swear they brainwash these people into blind adulation and obedience..kinda scary and defies logic.
Meaning no disrespect to your wife, this has nothing to do with being a dutiful Catholic. I, while a miserable sinner, am a practicing and faithful Catholic, and I believe this Pope is 100% wrong on everything having to do with politics — especially when it comes to migrants and immigration. I also KNOW that I am on solid ground theologically that I am under no obligation to agree with anything any Pope says regarding these types of issues. The Catechism of the Catholic Church lays out broad guidelines when it comes to things such as how countries must deal with immigration. As for specific policies, there is wide latitude regarding which policies Catholic individuals may espouse.
Pope Francis at best will go down in history as in ineffective Pope because he didn’t do his JOB, which is supposed to be running the Catholic CHURCH. At worst, it will turn out that he deliberately set out to destroy the Catholic Church.
Meaning no disrespect to your wife, this has nothing to do with being a dutiful Catholic. I, while a miserable sinner, am a practicing and faithful Catholic, and I believe this Pope is 100% wrong on everything having to do with politics — especially when it comes to migrants and immigration. I also KNOW that I am on solid ground theologically that I am under no obligation to agree with anything any Pope says regarding these types of issues. The Catechism of the Catholic Church lays out broad guidelines when it comes to things such as how countries must deal with immigration. As for specific policies, there is wide latitude regarding which policies Catholic individuals may espouse.
Pope Francis at best will go down in history as in ineffective Pope because he didn’t do his JOB, which is supposed to be running the Catholic CHURCH. At worst, it will turn out that he deliberately set out to destroy the Catholic Church.