Posted on 10/02/2013 1:42:03 AM PDT by Pinkbell
http://www.movementforabetteramerica.org/abortionindex.html
Just curious what my fellow Catholics in particular have to say about this interview.
Other things that would see more evil: murder, rape, human trafficking, theft, abuse, government dictatorships, etc.
the idle youth and the loneliness of the old are both a result of and a contributor to the evil’s you have named IMO.
Remember, you can do all these things, and STILL NOT BELIEVE IN GOD TO GO TO HEAVEN!!
For us Catholics of traditional sensibilities, this Pope is going to be a wild ride.
Pope Francis is a flake.
I would rather read things in context of a complete interview and not some isolated quotes before I start hyperventilating. The most serious of problems facing our world is a lack of faith - all the worlds evils stem from this!
Mel
From the pope:
We have to encourage people to move towards what they think is Good … Everyone has his own idea of good and evil and must choose to follow the good and fight evil as he conceives them.
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This heretic is giving obama a run for his money as the most dangerous man on the planet.
I agree with you. After the sheer barbarism of Nairobi mall attacks he thinks loneliness and unemployment are the most serious evils? Just Wow. He has been headlined as saying a lot of things and defended as taken out of context... I think it’s time to admit he is the Pope the world has wanted. One who will be ok with homosexuality and abortion.. and Muslim slaughterers? I hope I am wrong.
This is coming from an ATEIST, so I’m NOT buying the interpretation....yet.
He’s off his rocker on this.
The odd thing is that he *does* talk about the evils of abortion. He seems to be just plain sloppy—like a guy who is prone to extreme statements that contradict themselves. He could come out tomorrow with another interview and say abortion is the greatest evil.
This man is an original thinker, not necessarily ruled by fear or the dictates of diplomacy. He does not appear to equate surprising someone (with his many unexpected statements)with disappointing someone.
The weird thing is that he isn’t ok with sodomy or abortion. But he’s so undisciplined in his statements that he makes people think that.
I’m Italian, but man, we need to bring back a German Pope. :)
What the Pope doesn’t say is just as powerful as what he does say. He did not say.. I reject the sin of homosexuality, but not the people who are lost in it. I am not a Catholic, but the previous Popes have been moral stalwarts.. This one is more communist than any German could have dreamed of. My goodness MSNBC is already gushing over him as the best pope ever. Like I said.. I hope I am wrong.
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That's how I read it. That strike at the foundation-less is to strike against the world's problems.
To upshore foundations with the impressionable youth and to show concern and care for the elderly is a path to ending great evils.
Hoping I am making some sense - this is not my most elegant post - I need to reflect upon this, but I think I see Pope Francis' point.
I think, but maybe not!
This was a conversation with an Italian atheist, and I think he was talking about two problems of Italian society (which, in fact, are the results of grave sins). The isolation of the elderly, for example, is at least in part because there aren’t enough young people in their families - as a result of abortion. But it’s also the result of the fact that Italian society (and ours) considers them to be nothing but old-fashioned burdens. Certainly, something should be done about this, especially since it is often an area where the Church should be involved.
Youth unemployment is something beyond the Church, but I think he’s very concerned with the aimlessness and lack of connection of modern youth, at least in part, again, because of an attitude that doesn’t value work but instead goes for fast money (look at the words of rap songs, where the singer praises drug dealers and robbers, because they’re ruthless and just take what they want).
He wasn’t talking to Catholics about moral issues.
If this does not smell of moral relativism, I don’t know what does. One does not decide what evil is. Muslims think that they are righteous. Does their behavior not epitomize evil? I disagree entirely, your holiness.
I am very concerned by his ambiguous, if not, downright, undisciplined statements. Pope Benedict was very concise and direct in his words.
I am trying hard to warm to Francis, but it’s not there.
Yep.
The pro-life movement is dissed by the Pope, once again.
He is not “one of us.”
I don’t doubt for an instant that he is deeply opposed to abortion. But no one who I would call a “pro-lifer” would ever say that any evil in the world today is more serious than the abortion holocaust. Fifty million babies a year!
If I understand what “flake” means, it’s someone who is likely to say almost anything. Or, at least, can’t be counted on to state his case clearly, without faux pas.
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