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Posted on 07/12/2007 6:25:21 PM PDT by xzins
In an act of jaw-dropping hubris, Pope Benedict Joseph Ratzinger recently declared Protestantism's churches "not true churches." In an effort to underscore the wisdom of such a position at this time, he then had his "document" signed by none other than Cardinal William Levada, a pro-gay, pro-pedophile, pro-molestation cleric hailing recently from San Francisco and Portland. Apparently hypocrisy is in abundant supply in the Vatican larder.
Levada is one of the papal appointments that causes either great puzzlement about (or gives great insight into) this Pope's orientation. Fresh off of scandals in his previous appointments, Levada received one of the Vatican's highest appointments to the post previously held by Benedict himself before his own ascension to the papacy. One of the most powerful positions in all of Catholicism, the Vatican’s “Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith” is Levada's launching pad to spread his peculiar influence to the remainder of the church. He seems just the guy a conservative church leader like Ratzinger would think of when puzzling the question, “Who should I have teach the people about Jesus?”
In having Levada sign this negative document rejecting Protestant churches and ministers, the Pope has displayed either blind incompetence or unbelievable hypocrisy. Others think he simply might not have been sleeping well…..for a long, long, long time.
William Donohue, head of the conservative Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights is on record castigating Cardinal Levada for blaming the female victim who was impregnated by one of Levada's randy underlings. At the time, Levada’s position was that the lady should have used “protection.” (Could Nancy Pelosi have said it better?)
Donohue's take was that the statement was no different than saying 'What's wrong with you, honey, aren't you smart enough to make sure condoms were used?' "
The Los Angeles Times, no conservative paper, had listed Levada among the area's most powerful gay-friendly Catholic leaders.
See links below
Do you even understand what the Church document is saying. My guess is no, based on your repeated comments. Is the Pope saying Protestants aren’t Christians? That the Orthodox aren’t Christians? NO. Perhaps that is said by some Protestants about Catholics and Orthodox, but that is not what the Pope is saying about Protestants. Read the actual document, not a blog about it.
I am very defective as well. Thank God for His Grace, for Christ His Son, and for His Church (The Church of Christ built on Peter).
The link you provided with this title starts off this way:
By Hilary White
SAN FRANCISCO, December 22, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer, soon to be installed as the new Archbishop of San Francisco, has told a local news outlet that he is opposed to the Vatican’s prohibition of homosexuals in seminaries.
I don’t understand why your article starts off differently.
What is your purpose in posting a false post?
I think this article is about the messenger the Pope used to deliver his diatribe against Protestants.
Senility must be having an early onset at #1 Vatican Boulevard
Isn’t the word “wounded” not defective?
I see you've only one word in quotes. Please go to the document, available on Zenit, and provide a paragraph, so that we can have a realistic discussion with context.
Anyway, I agreed. We are all defective. Anoreth is growth-hormone deficient. Bill is hyperactive. Tom and Pat are autism-spectrum. Elen and Sally haven't learned their math facts. James is three, and Vlad, although he started out Incredibly Perfect, has now turned Shrieky. And I drink too much and have fat thighs.
I could go into our character flaws, too, but I don't want to bore everyone.
Sorry, FRiend. If you think you were born perfect and wearing the latest style hat, you've missed the Gospel.
Who knows? Go to Zenit and copy us the relevant paragraphs :-).
I heard that one of the proofreaders on the primacy statement once dressed in drag during a fraternity stunt!
Burn him!
If you will read the article that leads this thread, you will see that I wrote it, and that this is the “Bloggers and Personal” section of Free Republic.
I wrote the article.
I wrote the title.
There are links provided at post #1.
You’re still not getting it are you?
Got a quote?
I saw a Cardinal proofreading a Sunflower Seed once.
He was chased away by a Blue Jay.
Interestingly, he didn’t suggest “cohabitation.”
Hmmmph.
Nope. The word is “defect”
Congratulations on one of the most incongruous and roughly incoherent posts I’ve seen in many years.
I must have missed the link you provided.
Oh my GAWD! How DEFECTIVE!
I went to a party in my bathrobe once, when I was in college. It was a substantial, L.L. Bean flannel bathrobe, but who cares about context?
I’m there!
No, really. I am. You can even ask my wife, God love her.
It’s in the Religion section. Check the top right on your screen.
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