Posted on 01/15/2015 7:34:11 PM PST by ebb tide
As the United States Senate prepares to vote on a non-binding resolution on whether or not manmade global warming exists, Pope Francis weighed in on the issue with his most extensive and forceful comments on the subject to date.
Let's just say that the pope is not aligned with many Senate Republicans, who doubt the reality and threat of manmade global warming, on this issue.
Speaking to reporters aboard his plane while flying to Manila from Sri Lanka, Pope Francis said the "majority" of global warming is manmade, which is a view that is consistent with mainstream climate-science findings.
“I don’t know if it is all [man’s fault] but the majority is, for the most part, it is man who continuously slaps down nature,” he said, according to The Guardian.
His outspoken stance on climate change has encouraged debate within the Catholic community worldwide, as many people view the Earth as God's creation, and think it is arrogant to believe that humans could ever play such a dominant role over nature. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee chairman Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), an evangelical Christian, is one of the most prominent holders of this view.
“We have, in a sense, lorded it over nature, over Sister Earth, over Mother Earth,” the pope said, according to The Guardian.
“I think man has gone too far,” he added. “Thank God that today there are voices that are speaking out about this.”
The pope plans to issue an encyclical in June that will lay out his views on climate change and other environmental issues in greater detail, ahead of a crucial global warming summit in Paris scheduled for this December. An encyclical is an official Papal document that is sent to all Catholic bishops around the world.
The Paris talks are supposed to result in a new global climate agreement for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that would enter into force in 2020.
The pope said he was "disappointed" by the most recent United Nations climate talks, which were held in Lima, Peru, last December. The talks proved particularly arduous, and had to be extended by two days, before diplomats agreed to a draft text to be negotiated in Paris.
“The Peru meeting was nothing much; it disappointed me. I think there was a lack of courage. They stopped at a certain point. Let’s hope the delegates in Paris will be more courageous and move forward with this,” he told reporters.
Meanwhile, senators will have to go on record with their own views on climate science when they vote as early as Friday on a planned amendment that would force them to endorse or reject the existence of manmade global warming on climate change. At least two senators — one Democrat and one Independent who caucuses with the Democrats — plan to offer versions of amendments to that effect during debate on the Keystone XL Pipeline.
A similar vote took place in 2005, when a "Sense of the Senate" resolution was adopted. At that time, 12 Republicans joined Democrats to support the amendment, but there will likely be less Republican support this time, given the widespread rejection of global warming research findings among today's Republican leadership.
Actually, this Pope is the first one going after the molesters within.
If Catholics don’t want the church to alter its teachings in order to allow issues like gay marriage to become a reality, how do they disagree with anything the Pope says?
Their belief is that God chose the Pope.
How do Catholics reconcile all of this?
Pope Francis says global warming is ‘mostly manmade’>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Thats not true. Thats not what God told Noah.
God told Noah that HE made it flood, not man. Its the same this time. I think the pope has it completely 100% wrong.
Pope Francis (Jorge Bergoglio) is a Jesuit hack - a heretic, a “social justice” Marxist in the image of Eva Peron ... He should be deposed as an enemy of the Catholic Faith. He is a total fraud, an imbecilic lap dog of the Modernist liberals that have infiltrated the Catholic Church, and all-but succeeded in bringing Her down via their UN-inspired humanist manifesto. Jorge Bergoglio was set upon Catholics by the Vatican’s “Homosexual Mafia.” He is a curse upon traditional Catholics.
I’ll give you a very good - and Biblical - reason ... Bad leaders, bad Popes, bad priests ... are God’s wrath when His Divine Justice is exceedingly offended ... In other words, when our Heavenly Father is pissed off to the max at the stupidity and sinfulness of His willful children, He then removes His grace and protection, and gives them exactly what they deserve - evil leaders, both in the secular political and ecclesiastical realms.
Ain’t old Frankie, just one special sob. The last pope.
Read, the “Windswept House”, and then perhaps, you will understand, the current state of affairs- as to benedict and francis the anti human. The blasphemny of this bastard of humanity is unashamed.
That’s it - show your ignorance in full blazing glory for all here to see! Papal Infallibility ONLY applies under very specific conditions, and this statement does NOT qualify. Try doing a bit of research before putting your foot in your mouth ...
Excerpted from http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/i008rpInfallibility02.htm
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The Infallibility of the Church – II
What Is Papal Infallibility?
When Is It Exercised?
Fr. Leonel Franca, S.J.
But wherein lays this infallibility? What is its authentic organ? Reason illuminated by faith answers: Passively, it dwells in the whole Church which receives the truths given to her and believes them. Actively, it dwells in her chief, the Supreme Shepherd, the Roman Pontiff, to whom Christ confided the mission of confirming his brothers in the faith. For, just as life exists in the whole human body, it is the soul that infuses that life and conserves it.
The Pope is, therefore, infallible. This is one of the dogmas that has been most falsified and misrepresented by malicious and narrow-minded unbelievers, liberals and Protestants. As soon as Vatican Council I defined Pontifical Infallibility in 1870, massive intrigues were instigated, mockery and slander were spread to misrepresent this dogma.
Against such adversaries, the first thing to do is to explain the true character of infallibility. Then, if these enemies still have any remnant of sincere love for the truth, they will recognize the vacuity of the many objections to Papal Infallibility, no matter how invincible they appear at first sight.
Hence, let us read the definition of Vatican Council I in the official document wherein the Church teaches her doctrine:
“We teach and define as a divinely revealed dogma that: when the Roman Pontiff speaks ex cathedra, that is, when, in the exercise of his office as Shepherd and Teacher of all Christians and, in virtue of his supreme apostolic authority, he defines a doctrine concerning faith or morals to be held by the universal Church, he possesses, by the divine assistance promised to him in St. Peter, that infallibility which the Divine Redeemer willed His Church to enjoy in defining doctrine concerning faith or morals.
“Therefore, such definitions of the Roman Pontiff are of themselves, and not by the consent of the Church, unchangeable.
“So then, should anyone, which God forbid, have the temerity to reject this definition of ours: Let him be anathema.” (1)
Each word of this document has high significance. Everything is well weighed and measured. From this declaration we infer the true notion of infallibility: It is a supernatural privilege, founded on the divine assistance promised by Jesus Christ to the Pope, that he would not err any time that he – speaking ex cathedra as supreme Teacher of the universal Church – defines that a doctrine of faith or morals belongs to the deposit of Revelation.
t is a privilege that is not given to the Pope as an individual, but to his office, to his function. The Pope is infallible not for his own advantage, but for the benefit of the Church. In the sphere of private actions, the Pontiff is subject to errors of the intellect and moral sins.
As a man, the Pope can be as erudite as Benedict XIV, as good a moralist as Gregory the Great, as eloquent as Pius IX, but the theologian, the writer and the preacher are fallible - with or without the tiara on his head. John XXII condemned as Pope what he himself as a private theologian had preached about the beatific vision. In his will, Gregory XI reproved as erroneous or contrary to orthodoxy anything he might have affirmed when he was a theologian. For the Pope to be infallible, he needs to act as Pope in the effective exercise of his function as supreme leader of Christianity.
But this still is not enough. The Papacy has many functions. The Pope is also an administrator, a temporal King, a politician and a diplomat. To none of these functions is the privilege of infallibility linked. He may make administrative errors and his political views may not be the most profound or opportune. Catholics should respect these decisions as the Pope’s dignity requires, but these pontifical decisions do not oblige from them an act of faith. (2)
What is infallible in the Pope is the Teacher, and, even here, only the supreme Teacher who instructs the universal Church. A papal brief addressed to an individual or a letter in which he praises the work of an author is not of this nature. The Successor of Peter, speaking from the apostolic chair [ex cathedra], must expressly and peremptorily declare that this or that truth belongs to Revelation. Then, and only then, is he infallible.
Further, in the dogmatic bulls or official documents in which the Pope defines a doctrine, infallibility does not cover every proposition in the document. The introductory comments and the preparatory and concluding considerations that frame the definition are not covered by infallibility. Only the definition is infallible, that is, the solemn, absolute and unchangeable declaration that a doctrine regarding faith and customs belongs to the divine deposit of Revelation.
A truth defined in this way demands from the faithful an act of faith. To reject it or to doubt it is ipso facto to leave the communion of the Church; it is to fall into heresy (which is the meaning of anathema sit). This is what the First Vatican Council meant when it used the word define.
As we see, a dogmatic definition is a public, rare and solemn act that interests the whole Church and, therefore, it must be clearly, explicitly and unmistakably known by the whole Church. Its formula must be written with the utmost clarity, which leaves not the least shadow of doubt in any mind. To imagine papal infallibility as an indeterminate, confused privilege that the Pope can use as he pleases without the Church’s full and clear knowledge is to be completely ignorant of what it is.
After having accurately set out the subject of infallibility, the conciliar definition specifies its object with equal acuity. The privilege of inerrancy only applies to questions concerning faith and morals – in doctrina fide et moribus definienda.
Christ delimited the domain of His Magisterium to this: to enlighten minds as they strive for their supernatural aims and to guide consciences in the exercise of their moral actions. The orbit of the Church’s teachings is revelation in the speculative and practical spheres, supernatural truth and sanctity.
In summary, the exercise of infallibility is essentially conditioned by these two clauses: 1. The Pope must define ex cathedra – as explained; 2. The object of the definition must be a doctrine related to faith or morals.
Notes:
1. First Vatican Council, session IV, chapter 4.
2. In their collective Pastoral Instruction of 1871, duly approved by Pius IX, the Swiss Bishops taught: “The Pope is infallible neither as a man nor as a scholar, nor as priest or a bishop, nor as a temporal Prince, a judge or a legislator. He is not infallible or impeccable in his life or behavior, his political views, or his dealings with the Princes, and not even in the government of the Church. The Pope is infallible solely and exclusively when, as supreme Teacher of the Church, he pronounces on matter of faith or morals a definition that must be accepted and held as obligatory by all the faithful.” L Franca, A Igreja, a reforma e a civilização, p. 162, note 1).
Summarized and translated by the TIA desk from Leonel Franca, A Igreja, a Reforma e a Civilização, Rio: Livraria Catholica, 1928, pp. 159-164. Posted October 11, 2010
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Got that? Can your little intellect deal with the facts?
He’d be better off, and less an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful, if he would study orthodox Catholic Doctrine - and do so for a lot longer than a few hours. He is very obviously a puppet of leftist ideology, poorly formed in the traditional teachings of the Catholic Faith ... a product of Argentinian Peronistas and their “social justice’ heresy, and a convenient dupe for the homosexualist Marxists that have infiltrated the Catholic Church - and if you doubt that to be so, then read the writings of Bella Dodd and Manning Johnson ...
Excerpted from http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/722955/posts
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Two former Communists, Bella Dodd and Manning Johnson, spoke on Communist infiltration of the Catholic Church. Dodd, an important Communist party lawyer, teacher and activist, converted to Catholicism in April 1952 under the tutelage of Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. Stating that the Communist infiltration was so extensive that in the future “you will not recognize the Catholic Church,” Dodd also asserted that:
“In the 1930’s, we put eleven hundred men into the priesthood in order to destroy the Church from within.”
“Right now they are in the highest places, and they are working to bring about change in order that the Catholic Church will no longer be effective against Communism.”
Manning Johnson, a former Communist Party official and author of “Color, Communism and Common Sense” testified in 1953 to the House un-American Activities Committee regarding the infiltration of the Catholic Church:
“Once the tactic of infiltration of religious organizations was set by the Kremlin ... the Communists discovered that the destruction of religion could proceed much faster through infiltration of the (Catholic) Church by Communists operating within the Church itself. The Communist leadership in the United States realized that the infiltration tactic in this country would have to adapt itself to American conditions (Europe also had its cells) and the religious make-up peculiar to this country. In the earliest stages it was determined that with only small forces available to them, it would be necessary to concentrate Communist agents in the seminaries. The practical conclusion drawn by the Red leaders was that these institutions would make it possible for a small Communist minority to influence the ideology of future clergymen in the paths conducive to Communist purposes This policy of infiltrating seminaries was successful beyond even our communist expectations.”
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Ah, another jewel of ignorance from the kingdom of fools! Educate yourself! Here, allow me to assist you in lessening your ignorance ...
Excerpted from: http://www.traditioninaction.org/religious/m010rpLatin_1.shtml
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The universal rite of the Catholic Church is the Latin rite. This means that all the religious ceremonies up until Vatican II – the Mass, Sacraments, Psalms, official hymns, etc – were said in Latin. Latin had, in fact, every qualification to be the international language of communication inside the Church. In Roman times, it had united a vast group of peoples; adopted by the early Church it became the symbol of unity between the Catholic peoples of Europe. It was not the particular privilege of any nation. It had other qualities of universality, an unchanging character that safeguarded the purity of doctrine of the Church as well as a majestic form suitable for devotion and worship.
For different historic reasons, the Church has various other rites for certain groups of people. The Maronite and Melchite rites say their Masses in Greek, others like the Chaldean, Copt, Ukrainian, and Russian use their respective languages. They are beautiful exceptions to the principal rule: the universal rite of the Catholic Church is the Latin rite. As with all exceptions, they confirm the rule instead of weaken it.
From Vatican II on, the Latin was virtually abolished from the Latin rite – a curious paradox, isn’t it? It was replaced by the vernacular – the local language - in the Mass and most of the other liturgical ceremonies. There have been many dire consequences to this ill-considered measure. Here let me examine one, the damage to an important and enduring mark of the Church – her unity ...”
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You might want to go and read the entire article.
ROTFLMAO!
“Close. I don’t think this pope has anything to do with God.”
Applause!!
He has me re-reading AA-1025.
“Ex cathedra is a Latin phrase which means “from the chair.” It refers to binding and infallible papal teachings which are promulgated by the pope when he officially teaches in his capacity of the universal shepherd of the Church a doctrine on a matter of faith or morals and addresses it to the entire world. The concept derives from Jesus.
“In Matthew 23: 2-3 Jesus spoke of the authority of the Old Testament magisterium saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees have taken their seat on the chair [Gk. cathedras] of Moses. Therefore, do and observe whatsoever they tell you, but do not follow their example. For they preach what they do not practice.” Since Jesus recognized the authority of the Old Testament magisterium when it spoke ex cathedra (with the authority of Moses), we recognize that the New Testament magisterium of the Church, which speaks with the authority not of Moses but of Jesus Christ himself (Mt 10:40, 16:18-19, 18:18; Lk 10:16; 2 Cor 5:18-20), possesses a binding, infallible teaching office which is guaranteed by Christ (Mt 28:20; Jn 14:16, 26, 16:13).”
My view is that this is a false teaching, though.
I do not respect his Pope...is that a sin?.....infact, I think he is a mushy mouthed celebrity Pope falling in line with the demented....
you mean mostly like Mormonism and Protestants...
the Church is not dying....the Church is the people...its not the Pope and its not the priests....they’re important and they’re supposed to be the leaders....but otherwise, they are no better than the rest of us...
The Bible was written by old Jewish men to keep themselves in charge.
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