AP poll: Next pope should pursue change

AP ^ | 4/4/5 | WILL LESTER

[jimfree]

Do you think they polled Catholics? Or should we all vote on Church doctrine and direction?

[BigSkyFreeper]

I think the Pope should pursue good changes and stay away from bad changes.

That, or, stay the course JPII set the Church upon, with minor course changes to keep the Catholic Church from straying too far off the path.

[BaBaStooey]

No, he doesn't. I was watching video of his visit to Cuba a few years back. John Paul II basically told the massive crowd something along the lines of "Do not be afraid. Jesus wants all human beings to be free."

Castro (who was in attendance) pretty much had to sit there and take it.

[xsmommy]

thanks for laying that out, it is very confusing. i was baptized in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic church, which is eastern rite. my mom was roman catholic, but my dad had to actually convert to Roman catholic so that my brother and i could attend catholic school, back in the 60s.

[maryz]

Why don't they just make John Kerry the next Pope, that might appease the MSM.

Well, you know Kerry is determined not to return to the obscurity of his 20 years in the Senate. He had an op-ed today in the Boston Herald, "Stem-cell research is pro-life," a badly conceived and badly executed congeries of genial generalities and puffy platitudes, utterly devoid of fact, logic and style. The Herald is a pay site, so I can't link, but I can't imagine anyone would want to read it anyway.

Yup -- sounds like what the MSM would like in a Pope!

[madprof98]

Oh, yeah, and the Catholics polled also want Terri Schiavo dead too. Kill her! Kill her!

[BigSkyFreeper]

Yeah, I remember watching the Pope speak in Cuba, and Castro looked like he had been punched in the kidneys.

[kellynla]

You still haven't documented that the Eastern Orthodox are not Catholic. I'm sure the Eastern Orthodox would be outraged to be accused of NOT being Catholic!

[Niteranger68]

Could anyone imagine the MSM picking the next Pope? How about an ethnic (non-white) atheist lesbian democrat with tattoos, multiple body piercings and AIDS?

[sinkspur]

But can the church get people to donate enough to support a priest and his family? It certainly costs more than supporting a single man.

Perhaps parishes should be given a choice: if you want a married priest to serve you, you will have to pony up for his support. The six priests in our diocese seem to have no problems, though three of them have grown children. One, pastor of the largest parish in our diocese, has three teenage daughters. He has a celibate associate pastor.

[Mo1]

, i was thinking more of the actual religious in the family, knowing that even those nuns/priests who teach at catholic high schools and universities are not of a tradional mindset. i suppose they could be, but i am thinking not.

I understand .. I don't know them and you may be correct

[kellynla]

And using your source:

"all these Eastern-Rite Catholics of course agrees in the same Catholic Faith"

Class dismissed!

[sinkspur]

You still haven't documented that the Eastern Orthodox are not Catholic. I'm sure the Eastern Orthodox would be outraged to be accused of NOT being Catholic!

Eastern Orthodox are Catholic; they are not Roman Catholic.

I've summoned one of our brothers to address the issue.

[kellynla]

"Eastern Orthodox are Catholic; they are not Roman Catholic."

correctomundo!

[AntiGuv]

You still haven't documented that the Eastern Orthodox are not Catholic.

Yes I have. The link I gave you clearly states so.

I'm sure the Eastern Orthodox would be outraged to be accused of NOT being Catholic!

Pure nonsense.

[B Knotts]

Well, I guess we're all entitled to our opinions.

We can certainly agree that anyone who attempts to ordain women is not Catholic, since they incur a latae sententiae excommunication.

I'm just getting cranky from all the liberal media whining about the Pope not ordaining women. It's a settled matter, and they ought to just shut up about it, already.

[kellynla]

Again, your own source says different!


you might try reading your own links for a change! LOL

[AntiGuv]

A. Schismatical Churches

1. Orthodox

The first of the Eastern Churches in size and importance is the great Orthodox Church. This is, after that of the Catholics, considerably the largest body in Christendom.

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Classed dismissed, and you flunked.

[Heatseeker]

I agree with tjwmason that Arinze is the more likely, and while I love playing the pick-the-pope game as much as anybody, the whole idea that the conclave would pick someone on the basis of polls must have all of heaven chuckling.

The problem of course is that the AP writer, like most in the MSM, are completely without God and hence cannot comprehend the idea that the cardinals' decisions might be made on the basis of prayer. I suspect they think as soon as the doors of the Sistine are sealed shut, the cardinals all break out campaign signs and silly hats and have rallies and then break up into focus groups.

[BigSkyFreeper]

...the Eastern Orthodox are NOT Catholics....

They're Catholic, they're just not Roman Catholic.