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Pope Francis: Christians ‘are invited to be open to change’
https://www.catholicnewsagency.com ^ | August 20, 2023 | Hannah Brockaus

Posted on 08/21/2023 11:39:44 AM PDT by NKP_Vet

“Christians should imitate Jesus in being steadfast — not inflexible — in their convictions, thus being open to change for the good of others, Pope Francis said on Sunday.

“This is what God is like: He is love, and the one who loves does not remain rigid,” the pope said on Aug. 20. “You stand firm, you stay firm, not rigid.”

The Christian, he added, “does not remain rigid in his own positions but allows him or herself to be moved or touched. He or she knows how to change plans. It’s creative love.”

Pope Francis said: “We Christians want to imitate Christ; we are invited to be open to change. How good it would be in our relationships, as well as in our lives of faith, to be docile, to truly pay attention, to soften up for the name of compassion and the good of others.”

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To: NKP_Vet

Communist Chinese are working on a “revised” Bible. One passage had Christ killing someone.

They already bar children from attending Christian services.
And forced Catholics to place Chinese leaders on the altar next to Mary and Joseph to show proper reverence for them——or get arrested.

CBN site article in 2022:
The Chinese Communist Party, China’s ruling regime, has been on a mission to rewrite the Bible through a communist lens. This quest has reportedly resulted in shocking distortions of Scripture and Gospel truth.

The spokesman for the Voice of the Martyrs (VOM), a persecution watchdog group said:

“This is a project that the Chinese Communist Party announced in 2019. At the time, they said it would be about a 10-year process … to release a new translation of the Bible,” he said, noting it would include Confucian and Buddhist principles, among others. “This new translation … would really support the Communist Party.”


21 posted on 08/21/2023 12:42:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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To: NKP_Vet

Yet Francis is quite rigid on the aspects of God he likes. Who says God is love if he can change?


22 posted on 08/21/2023 12:49:02 PM PDT by circlecity
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To: NKP_Vet

STUPID idiot...dope Pope..or ANTI CHRIST. .


23 posted on 08/21/2023 12:51:05 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: JesusIsLord

The book of Jude warns of this - we are to show mercy but must be vigilant not to fall into the wrong way of thinking in showing said mercy.


24 posted on 08/21/2023 1:26:05 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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25 posted on 08/21/2023 1:50:49 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. (Psalm 33:12))
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To: NKP_Vet

Just warming up to announce his support for abortion and performing a gay wedding of two priests.


26 posted on 08/21/2023 1:55:30 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: NKP_Vet

The Church will not disappear into Bergoglio’s Marxist haze. It has had extended bad times before but rectification may not occur in my lifetime or that of anyone else now alive but it will happen.


27 posted on 08/21/2023 2:04:05 PM PDT by arthurus (covfefe _-|--)
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To: NKP_Vet

Commie popes suck.


28 posted on 08/21/2023 2:39:11 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Welcome to Amerika! Have you filed a lawsuit today?)
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To: NKP_Vet

Need a new conclave asap.


29 posted on 08/21/2023 3:02:39 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Nervous Tick

Agree. I don’t need advice from a man who has disdain for those who disagree with him. I don’t need to hear about being flexible from a man who is an entrenched ideologue.


30 posted on 08/21/2023 3:10:46 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: NWFree

Soon Francis will propose changing the Ten Commandments.


31 posted on 08/21/2023 3:45:47 PM PDT by chopperk ( )
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To: NKP_Vet

Yea I want change! I want the Latin Mass back. How about that kind of change?


32 posted on 08/21/2023 3:49:23 PM PDT by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor. )
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To: NKP_Vet

He is so full of doublespeak.


33 posted on 08/21/2023 3:57:27 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: NKP_Vet

i’m not even close to being a Holy Roller and I’m even offended by this asshole!!


34 posted on 08/21/2023 4:02:22 PM PDT by sit-rep
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