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He does seem to be more concerned with the Christ, rather than the doctrine of the church. It's quite a breath of fresh air!
He does seem to be more concerned with the Christ, rather than the doctrine of the church. It's quite a breath of fresh air!
The Vatican this morning:
HH Pope Francis announced the date for the Canonization of the late Popes John XXIII and John Paul II,april 27th 2014.
Canonization date announced for Blessed Popes John Paul II and John XXIII
An extraordinary man,a real sheperd in the Vineyard.Yesterday after Mass at Santa Martha Pope Francis met with the newly appointed Council of (8) Cardinals who will oversee and implement the reforms to be made.
All 8 are Cardinals and include Giuseppe Bertello, governor of Vatican City; Francisco Javier Errazuriz Ossa of Santiago, Chile; Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India; Reinhard Marx of Munich, Germany; Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya of Kinshasa, Congo; O'Malley of Boston, U.S.; George Pell of Sydney, Australia; and Oscar Andres Rodriquez Maradiaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
Archbishop Marcello Semeraro is acting as secretary
This is the kind of positivity that will turn people back to Christianity. Not the hatred stuff.
Love the sinner, hate the sin. Christianity doesn't teach anything other than that.
LaRae
I am not a Christian, leave alone a Catholic.. Just as an occasional observer, I fing Pope Francis is a bit too leftist.. I guess many Conservatives are not going to appreciate his going out of the way.. JMO..
Frankly, I prefer how HH phrased it "Who am I to judge" which is contrary to how so many Christians view their fellow man.
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I didn't mean to imply that leftists are uninformed- on the contrary, most of the leftists I know are passionately involved in civic affairs and quite informed. I just meant that the pope is not a leftist, and he hadn't made any major shifts to church theology, just simple shifts in where the church is focused. If you're paying attention, you'll note he hasn't actually changed any of the church's teachings, he's just suggested that caring for the poor and ministering to the sick is more important than trying to force church orthodoxy on everyone.
I agree totally and feel he will be one of the greatest popes of our time.That is what I find so refreshing and admirable about this Pope as opposed to his 2 immediate predecessors who seemed more concerned about peoples private lives than the lives of those in need in the world. Francis talks in more positive terms about people while JPII and Benedict XVI spoke more about negatives.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24391800
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/religion/the-pope/10357688/Pope-Francis-says-Church-must-rid-itself-of-worldliness.html
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/04/american-catholics-back-popes-downplaying-of-contentious-social-issues/?hpt=hp_bn1
I wonder how far he will be allowed to go in his reforms in order to achieve a poor church for poor people.
" The secret of Christian living is love"...Pope Francis.
Our man at it again this morning!What a total breath of fresh air he is!!
Indeed what a tremendous improvement over the last two popes. Now if we could get him on the page of ordaining women as priests he would be perfect!