Posted on 07/31/2022 5:59:59 PM PDT by marshmallow
To overcome secularism and past failures, Pope Francis called on Canadian clergy to embrace the journey toward healing and reconciliation.
QUEBEC CITY (RNS) — On his second day in Quebec City, Pope Francis offered a path forward for the Catholic Church in Canada as it seeks forgiveness and reconciliation with the Indigenous peoples harmed by its past actions. He also addressed the challenges of both clericalism in the church and mounting secularism in the country.
In a homily on Thursday (July 28) for clergy and church members gathered at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, the pope also criticized those who would impose the church’s beliefs on the public square.
“God does not want us to be slaves, but sons and daughters,” Francis said. “He does not want to make decisions for us, or oppress us with a sacral power, exercised in a world governed by religious laws. No! He created us to be free, and he asks us to be mature and responsible persons in life and in society.”
The pope’s remarks take place as Christian nationalist rhetoric gains traction in conservative political parties in Europe and in the United States. Recent comments by Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert, claiming she is “tired of this separation of church and state junk,” have sparked debates in the U.S. regarding the role of religion in government.
His comments were also aimed at combating clericalism — privileging clergy and religious people above lay faithful in authority and importance — which the pope has blamed for allowing sexual abuse and abuse of power to propagate within the Catholic Church.
Francis is on a six-day, self-described “penitential pilgrimage” in Canada (July 24-29), where he has formally apologized to First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples who have suffered oppression and had their cultures nearly eradicated by......
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Well, the universe is governed by God’s laws whether you want it or not.
News to Moshe.
Apparently he doesn’t even want a church governed by religious laws
Pope Frank is a heretic, any way you slice it.
Cretin.
Does His Holiness ever wonder what that means?
When Jesus Christ returns, the whole planet will be a theocracy, whether we like it or not.
Somebody take his keys away. Keys of St. Peter, that is.
i’m pretty sure he does... that whole TEN COMMANDMENTS thingy weren’t suggestions
What’s the point of having a church if your not going to be governed by religious laws. Isn’t that what the Bible is for, to teach us about Gods commandments?
If there are any cardinals and bishops who haven’t been corrupted by this “pope”, they need to make their move soon, before the heretic, rotting, satanic Pope destroys the Vatican.
I don’t think this Pope will ever come within grasping distance of St. Peter’s keys. God is not about the let heaven become a leftist hell hole.
privileging clergy and religious people above lay faithful in authority and importance — which the pope has blamed for allowing sexual abuse and abuse of power to propagate within the Catholic ChurchUmm, no. It was letting the fags take over, not clerical authority.
I guess God messed up when He gave Moses the Ten Commandments; Humble Jorge knows better.
His rants remind me of the reform jews excusing themselves from the Jewish obligation of obeying G-d’s laws. They claim they are acting “like mature and responsible persons” but here’s the problem: who is defining “mature and responsible”? This is why we insist on definite laws and benchmarks, to be absolutely sure that we are fulfilling what G-d defines as mature and responsible and not just winging it with our own concepts of what those terms mean.
Religious law is sort of like secular law in that it allows freedom within limits.
Is not Our Lord Christ the King?
I believe education is compulsory for children in all 50 states.
My mother lived in fear of my brother being sent to Vietnam.
“Tuberculosis is now the leading cause of death from infectious diseases for children of all ages globally.”
https://data.unicef.org/topic/child-health/tuberculosis/
“During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death in the United States, and one of the most feared diseases in the world.”
http://exhibits.hsl.virginia.edu/alav/tuberculosis/
Of course not, God wants violence, immorality and child sacrifice./s. What a Dope.
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