Posted on 04/08/2016 11:02:15 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Pope Francis, who has long revealed his liberal positions through interviews, came out on Friday in an official statement calling on Catholics to be more accepting of homosexuals as well as divorced Catholics. While he didn't change official church doctrines in his paper, which is an "apostolic exhortation" instructing Catholics on how to live, the pope paved the way for a serious shift in the Catholic church away from central tenets of the faith.
"A pastor cannot feel that it is enough simply to apply moral laws...as if they were stones to throw at people's lives," he wrote in the paper, cited by CNN. "By thinking that everything is black and white, we sometimes close off the way of grace and growth." "I understand those who prefer a more rigorous pastoral care which leaves no room for confusion. But I sincerely believe that Jesus wants a Church attentive to the goodness which the Holy Spirit sows in the midst of human weakness," he added. "Every person, regardless of sexual orientation, ought to be respected in his or her dignity and treated with consideration."
Pope Francis' statements appear in his paper "On Love in the Family," entitled "Amoris Laetitia" in Latin. It spans over 260 pages, and is based on two conferences of the world's Catholic bishops known as synods, which were called by the pope...
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Why does this heretic pope even recognize marriage outside the Church?
And where has Papa Tango stated that?
More invention.
It was you who introduced that falsehood on this thread.
Marriage existed before Catholicism. It even existed before Judaism. It was established in Eden, as Jesus noted.
I introduced no falsehood.
Yes.
Despite the heretic, Bergoglio , the Catholic Church has never recognized divorce and remarriage without a declaration of annulment of the first one.
You are quite right about that.
You are quite right about that.
This guy isn’t a real pope, more like a pope in sheep’s clothing!
The pope is clearly excoriating Christians for not “commissioning” sodomy. Otherwise he would have nothing to say because all Christians treat homosexuals with dignity as humans, while disagreeing with their demonic behavior.
BINGO!
I hate the ambiguity of this document, which, I think, is where the treason is found. For instance, it is not possible to say that ALL those in ANY "irregular" situation are living in a state of mortal sin, because he never defines "irregular."In order to refute it, the person doing the refuting would have to define "irregular," which makes the argument a mere tautology. This is maddening because of its mind-suborning ambiguity, but isn't technically false.
That's one of the things that makes the word "gaslighting" come to mind.
No one with normal post-secondary reading comprehension can tell me with a straight face that that's "agreeing with Bergoglio."
File under keywords: hate, treason, maddening, suborning, ambiguity, gaslighting
I did; and I'm just as must disgusted with them as I am with Bergoglio's words.
I hate the ambiguity of this document, which, I think, is where the treason is found.
You have accused this pope of treason, I assume you meant it's treason of the Catholic faith. Am I still wrong with your defense of the heretic?
This isn't worth my time anymore. Bye.
If so, do you consider him to be a material or a formal heretic? If neither, why do you accuse a Catholic pope of treason?
Interesting. I haven’t read the paper, yet, but I’m interested to hear what your full opinion on it is. So far, I’m not alarmed. He’s saying the Church should accept blatant sinners & not degrade them.
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