[onyx]

One wonders what His Holiness will be thinking as he greets these ornaments of American Catholicism, both of whom regard Roe v. Wade, which has resulted in 53 million abortion deaths, as a milestone of progress for women's rights and homosexual marriage as the civil rights cause of the 21st century.

I am praying for a slap down: rejection.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Maybe finally Bite Me and Palousy will be denied communion.

[stuartcr]

So the Reformation is the reason the world is the way it is now?

[Former Fetus]

Why not follow our separated brethren of the Protestant faiths, and choose what doctrines we wish to believe and what commandments we wish to obey?

I'm sure one can defend Pope Francis without insulting non-Catholic Christians! As a Southern Baptist, I believe all Bible-based doctrines and I do my best to obey all Ten Commandments. Only a bigoted person would automatically assume that my beliefs and respect for the Ten Commandments as given to Moses by God himself, make me any less of a Christian.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Pat Buchanan: an agnostic, utilitarian civilizationist.

If Roman Catholicism is the "European religion," what claims does it have to universality to begin with?

[Ransomed]

“...and that homosexual unions, if for life, will henceforth be recognized and blessed.”

I think if the bishops are at the point of accepting ‘gay marriage’ then civil divorce and remarriage will have been accepted before. I mean, I don’t think any Christian group has ever accepted ‘gay marriage’ but goes on to tell them they can’t get divorced and remarried within their group.

Freegards

[Rennes Templar]

“Pope Francis — Against the West?’

If he means the West of humanism, secularism, tabloid culturalism and moral relativism, then he is indeed against it.

[ZULU]

“Pope Francis adheres to orthodox Catholic teaching that abortion is the killing of an unborn child entailing automatic excommunication for all involved. He has denounced same-sex marriage and regards homosexual adoptions as a crime against children. “

And this is WRONG???

[Mr Ramsbotham]

One wonders what His Holiness will be thinking as he greets these ornaments of American Catholicism, both of whom regard Roe v. Wade, which has resulted in 53 million abortion deaths, as a milestone of progress for women's rights and homosexual marriage as the civil rights cause of the 21st century.

Perhaps he will bow to them as Father Zossima bowed to Dmitri Karamazov. There would be a world of meaning in the gesture.

[CatherineofAragon]

"Why not follow our separated brethren of the Protestant faiths, and choose what doctrines we wish to believe and what commandments we wish to obey?"

Hey, Pat---I'm a non Catholic Christian. I don't pick and choose; if Scripture says it, it's true.

[GBA]

One wonders what His Holiness will be thinking as he greets these ornaments of American Catholicism, both of whom regard Roe v. Wade, which has resulted in 53 million abortion deaths, as a milestone of progress for women's rights and homosexual marriage as the civil rights cause of the 21st century.

This is a very good read from Buchanan. A great number of us have wondered about such "ornaments of American Catholicism" and for a very long time.

We on the outside looking in through scriptural windows can't help but wonder how, once they were raised to such a high pedestal and exalted as powerful, prominent pubic examples of the Catholic faith, why they remain there.

Progressives corrupt. Absolutely.

The selection of Pope Francis says Absolutely NOT!

Should be a wonderful meet and greet for them. I pray that it changes their hearts and their minds. America needs that exorcism!

[JCBreckenridge]

“closest to Catholicism has been the Anglican or Episcopal Church”

Perhaps in their minds, not ours. This hasn’t been true in close to 85 years.

[ModelBreaker]

“This would require the Church to admit that for 2,000 years it had been in error on matters of faith and morals, and hence is not infallible.”

This is not the issue. Churches are filled with fallible humans. The issue is that the Church would have to deny scripture.

[DoodleDawg]

Pat Buchanan? Buchanan...Buchanan...didn’t he used to be somebody?

[rdb3]

"The bad work begun at the Reformation is bearing its final fruit in the dissolution of our ancient doctrines -- the very structure of society is dissolving." He was right. Europe is the dying continent.

Oh come off it!

Europe may be the dying continent, but the Reformation had nothing to do with it.