Posted on 05/29/2024 5:42:08 PM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Francis wants an opening of the Church even to people who do not believe. In two speeches on Friday night and Saturday morning, he underlined his vision of a church that is open to everyone and doomed no one.
On Friday evening, during a visit to a Roman parish, the Pope had a long dialogue with about 80 children and young people. He asked, "Is there anyone among you who does not believe?" The Pope said to a boy who then emerged as a non-believing: "No one shall be condemned if he does not believe. The most important thing is to be moving. (...) Set yourself for an ideal!"
The meeting with the children and young people in the parish of "Santa Bernadette Soubirous" was the second in six weeks the Pope had in a parish of his diocese Rome. He last had on 11. In April, about 200 children who were preparing for their First Communion.
On Saturday morning Pope Francis confirmed his call to open the Church to young people who are not bound by the church. In a address to youthful and adult participants in an international congress on youth chasming, currently meeting in Rome, he said with a view to the coming World Youth Days: "(It is my 'dream', that they can lead many young people, even those who do not normally go to church, to encounter Jesus and give them the message of hope."
He is also thinking of those young people who have "buried their great dreams and are trapped in sadness and lovely life." The youth chaplain called on the Pope to "not neglect the ordinary ways, that is, the paths of the lives of young people in everyday life".
What is needed is a pastoral care of "the small steps, the small numbers, the simple words and gestures, the moments of celebration and prayer, the daily decisions. These are less spectacular experiences, but they are the ones who relax deep into the heart and produce lasting fruit over time."
The Pope also stressed that young people needed to be accompanied individually. "Each of them is unique and unrepeatable. Each one deserves to be listened to him, to show understanding and give him advice that corresponds to his age and human and spiritual maturity."
Ping
We started doing the "listen to young people" part fifty years ago.
God doesn’t condemn unbelievers, but He does permit them to perish in the hellfire if they refuse His salvation to them.
God is the greatest respecter of free will, on that point.
And God will let them perish in the hellfire upon Judgement.
Very sad, honestly.
/Condemning believers is okay?
So you don’t need to be a Christian to be a Christian anymore. Can you be a Satanist? Are there any standards at all?
We must listen to young people and teach them that the experience is ours.
More flatulence from the Poopacy.
Pope could use a little more reading in the Big Book, even Jesus said not everyone who says Lord, we did all these things in your name... will be judged right by Him, but instead hear “ depart from me you evil doers”
doesn’t sound to me like Jesus excluded no one.
I do know that all should get a chance to hear the gospel, but those who clearly do not accept, may attend church(God may still change their heart) but they should not be glorified and promoted in church.
It’s not up to Frankie to decide who is condemned...
God said believe and be saved or dont believe and be condemned (damned)
He just never shuts up.
I don’t understand your comment. Did you misread the title? “Do not condemn UNbelievers.”
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