Attacks on Pope Francis: card. Kasper, "the majority of Christians, who are with ..."

Eponymous Flower ^ | November 1, 2018 | Sir (posted by Tancred)

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Thursday, November 1, 2018

Attacks on Pope Francis: card. Kasper, "the majority of Christians, who are with the Holy Father, should not be silent"

[Sir] "It's an unprecedented situation because so far the Pope was not attackable". This is how Cardinal Walter Kasper, president emeritus of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of Christian Unity, comments on the attacks on Pope Francis that are taking place during this period. For years the cardinal worked in the Vatican, as a close collaborator of the Pontiffs. Today, in an interview with Sir on the sidelines of the "Ponti di Pace" meeting in Bologna (which will be published in full tomorrow), he recalls: "One could obviously disagree. But the Pope is the symbol of unity and has authority not only in the Church; it is a moral authority in the world. Destroying this authority as they do, it is completely irresponsible. And for a bishop, a cardinal, it is impossible to do it. I personally think that when you do not agree, sometimes you can even shut up. We must stop this destruction. The majority of Christians who are in favor of the Pope should not be silent in this situation and must say: we are with the Pope, for the Pope. But this is missing. The majority is silent while the others speak loudly and have a network between them. But they have no future because they are a minority, only a minority, that speaks aloud ". The cardinal pauses to speak also of what is emerging in the Church regarding facts and scandals. "The Church - he says - is weakened by these scandals. Abuses are a shame. But they show that the Church is always a Church of sinners. If it were not, I could never belong to this Church as a sinner. Prayer is needed. Praying for the Pope, for the unity of the Church, for our societies. Prayer is a force that we have, it is the greatest strength that God has given us, together with the witness ".

But it was ok for him to criticize Benedict: here, here, as part of the St. Galen Mafia.

AMDG

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Full title:

Attacks on Pope Francis: card. Kasper, "the majority of Christians, who are with the Holy Father, should not be silent"

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Ping

[Slyfox]

Looks like we are being led to that Catholic Spring John Podesta yammered about in an email before the 2016 election.

[irishjuggler]

Funny how the Kaspers of the world couldn’t have cared less about papal cheerleading before 2013. Now, it’s all about being “with the pope.” Sorry, Walt, Catholics have a duty to be “with the faith.” We must respect the papal office, but we have no duty to go with Bergoglio when he deviates from the faith.

[HangnJudge]

The Pope
The Vicar of Christ

Really has to work at it to lose
his position of moral authority
His unwillingness to face the corruption in the Church
His unwillingness to speak the truth that sets us free
His unwillingness lead the flock away from
Mortal Sin and point them toward the Kingdom of God

The Error is egregious

[A Cyrenian]

Get the queers out of my Church.

No room for debate.

[Jeff Chandler]

Get the queers out of my Church.
No room for debate.

(bares repeating)

[RitaOK]

Dear Kasper,

You’re such a card. Great sense of humor, there, but you sound a little (((nervous))).

It must be hard learning, after all, that there just aren’t really that many enemies of the Church out here, in the lambs pasture, to ever cheer you up, or speak to your credit. To defend the indefensible is quite out of the question.

Bummer.

[Telepathic Intruder]

"the Pope is the symbol of unity"

Which is why the Pope should not be political, since politics is by nature divisive. Christ said "my kingdom is not of this world". But worldly, political things is all this pope talks about. And from a leftist viewpoint only.

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The new Francis gargole in the Cologne Cathederal:

The scariest one I've ever seen.

[TBP]

He’s letting the Red Chinese choose the bishops!

[antidemoncrat]

“Holy Father”

Really? Hmmmmm

[piusv]

The majority of Christians who are in favor of [Francis] should not be silent.

Yes, they should speak it loud and clear! This way they will manifest their own heresy.

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This way they will manifest their own heresy.

I think they've already manifested it by their silence alone.

[NKP_Vet]

I know of no Catholics, other that liberal Catholics who can stomach
Bergoglio. That includes most priests I know.

[Mom MD]

And the titles are blasphemous
That’s what you get when you invest that much power in corruptible men

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What titles?

Successor to Christ is a new one, invented by Bergoglio. It doesn't count in Catholicism.

[HangnJudge]

...That’s what you get when you invest that much power in corruptible Corrupted men

There, fixed it

[Mom MD]

Holy Father ... the name Jesus addresses God the Father by. Christ told us to call no man father the Romans double down on the blasphemy with this one

Vicar of Christ ... or speaking for Christ on earth. Again the blasphemy is breathtaking.

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Is there a male listed on your birth certificate as “father”?