Papal Neutrality in the Culture War?
Photo ~ Pope Francis: 'Pray the rosary every day' “Pope Francis doesn’t want cultural warriors; he doesn’t want ideologues,” said Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash.: “The nuncio said the Holy …More
Photo ~ Pope Francis: 'Pray the rosary every day'
“Pope Francis doesn’t want cultural warriors; he doesn’t want ideologues,” said Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash.:
“The nuncio said the Holy Father wants bishops with pastoral sensitivity, shepherds who know the smell of the sheep.”
Pope Francis comes out of the Jesuits.
Hence, one wonders: Did those legendary Jesuits like St. Isaac Jogues and the North American Martyrs make a mistake proselytizing and baptizing, when they could have been working on youth unemployment among the Mohawks?
The Holy Father is quoted among the “most serious of the evils” today “youth unemployment.” And he calls upon Catholics not to be “obsessed” with abortion or same-sex marriage.
But is teenage unemployment really a graver moral evil than the slaughter of 3,500 unborn every day in a land we used to call “God’s Country”?
Papal encyclicals like Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno have much to teach about social justice in an industrial society. But what …More
“Pope Francis doesn’t want cultural warriors; he doesn’t want ideologues,” said Bishop Blase Cupich of Spokane, Wash.:
“The nuncio said the Holy Father wants bishops with pastoral sensitivity, shepherds who know the smell of the sheep.”
Pope Francis comes out of the Jesuits.
Hence, one wonders: Did those legendary Jesuits like St. Isaac Jogues and the North American Martyrs make a mistake proselytizing and baptizing, when they could have been working on youth unemployment among the Mohawks?
The Holy Father is quoted among the “most serious of the evils” today “youth unemployment.” And he calls upon Catholics not to be “obsessed” with abortion or same-sex marriage.
But is teenage unemployment really a graver moral evil than the slaughter of 3,500 unborn every day in a land we used to call “God’s Country”?
Papal encyclicals like Rerum Novarum and Quadragesimo Anno have much to teach about social justice in an industrial society. But what …More
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These items (if reported correctly) are the pope's personal feelings.
As any Faithful Catholic should already know, Official Teachings are protected by God and can never change.More
These items (if reported correctly) are the pope's personal feelings.
As any Faithful Catholic should already know, Official Teachings are protected by God and can never change.
As any Faithful Catholic should already know, Official Teachings are protected by God and can never change.
Our Holy Father appears caught up in the spirit of the world. What man ( or woman) of faith would every compare youth unemployment to the cutting up and binning of the innocent child in the womb.
I think the Pope needs to go on a retreat where kneeling in adoration and the sacrament of confession were central -- and get a grip!
God please bless the pope.
I think the Pope needs to go on a retreat where kneeling in adoration and the sacrament of confession were central -- and get a grip!
God please bless the pope.