Will Father Guido Sarducci be there.
Posted on 02/07/2022 5:58:42 PM PST by marshmallow
Francis plays to celebrity who makes millions on anti-Catholic network
VATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - In an interview on Italy's most left-wing talk show and predictably loquacious on his pet themes of Mother Earth, migrants, clericalism and pacifism, Pope Francis was tongue-tied on the theological question of why innocent children suffer.
During his 50-minute exchange with celebrity talk show host Fabio Fazio on Italian state television Rai 3, the pope shrugged his shoulders when asked to explain the tragic suffering of innocent children.
"Of course, questions remain open: Why do children suffer? I find no explanation for this," Francis admitted. "I have faith, I try to love God who is my Father, but I ask myself: 'But why do children suffer?' And there is no answer."
The "only one way" response to avoid the "temptation" of such a question is to suffer with suffering children, Francis said. "In this 'a great teacher' was Dostoevsky," he added.
When responding to the problem of theodicy — the defense of God in the face of evil — the pontiff failed to mention sin, the fall of humanity and the redemption won by Christ.
Instead, Francis trotted out a semi-pelagian response to the question of evil, claiming "so many evils come precisely because man has lost the ability to follow the rules, has changed nature, has changed many things — and because of his own human frailties."
Francis alluded to the Devil as "another who sowed evil in the world out of envy," but did not attribute suffering to Satan. Rather, "one does not speak" with evil as "dialogue with evil is dangerous," he warned.
"So many people go, try to dialogue with evil. I too have found myself in this situation many times, but I wonder why — a dialogue with evil, that.......
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Isn’t one of the job requirements for Pope a basic understanding RC theology?
Can he be removed for cause?
The Im-Pope-ster.
He should turn in his fancy hat.
And his purple dress.
Technically, there are only two “qualifications.” Be a baptized Catholic, and be a male.
We have usually tried to pick theologically-literate folks, but that isn’t an absolute requirement. Maybe next time out.
He can’t answer the question because he does not believe we are sinners in a fallen Creation. The “new improved” catholic church according to bergoglio does not believe in sin, only disobedience to the laws our rulers place upon us.
Is the Pope Catholic?
Next up... Bergoglio lands a guest-hosting gig on Saturday Night Live.
Why is there suffering! I look at it like this world was a beautifully built housing area and we were handed the keys and told to follow the rules that would have kept it a clean, secure, and prosperous place for everyone to live. But, just as in real life public housing we just tore everything up and let it go the Hell (literally). Then we wonder why we have to live in the mess we created without even realizing we are the one’s who screwed up paradise.
Will Father Guido Sarducci be there.
| Why do children suffer? |
As for why God allows Evil at all, see Theodicy |
He has no moral or intellectual authority and should remain silent 🤪
“Maybe next time out.”
I dUnno, but you’d think “READ THE WHOLE BIBLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH AT LEAST ONCE” would be a MINIMUM?
>Technically, there are only two “qualifications.” Be a baptized Catholic, and be a male.
And your point? :D
Oh sure. We all know why. Because th Government is involved enough in their lives, and working people are not paying their fair share to the people who don’t or who just arrived wearing raybans, new clothes, and 5g cellphone plans.
Sounds like a 7th follower.
No and no.
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