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Pope Francis: The end of ‘fortress Catholicism’?
The Washington Post ^ | August 1, 2013 | John Gehring

Posted on 08/03/2013 2:47:42 PM PDT by ebb tide

Something unexpected and extraordinary is happening in the Catholic Church. Pope Francis is rescuing the faith from those who hunker down in gilded cathedrals and wield doctrine like a sword. The edifice of fortress Catholicism – in which progressive Catholics, gay Catholics, Catholic women and others who love the church but often feel marginalized by the hierarchy – is starting to crumble.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: popefrancis; romancatholicism
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1 posted on 08/03/2013 2:47:42 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

Is he peddling “The One World Religion”?


2 posted on 08/03/2013 2:50:41 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (The only growth industries left under Progressives are government and poverty.)
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To: ebb tide
Washington Post Bullcompost.

But I repeat myself.

3 posted on 08/03/2013 2:53:11 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("No one on earth has any other way left but -- upward."- Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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To: ebb tide
The 'Messy' Papacy
4 posted on 08/03/2013 2:53:50 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Mrs. Don-o

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5 posted on 08/03/2013 2:54:19 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("No one on earth has any other way left but -- upward.” - Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
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To: Mrs. Don-o

Don’t blame it on the Post. Blame it on the USCCB.

The author, John Gehring, was an Assistant Director for Media Relations at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.


6 posted on 08/03/2013 3:11:17 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

OK. See tagline.


7 posted on 08/03/2013 3:16:48 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (USCCB Delenda Est.)
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To: ebb tide

No, not the end. We are only beginning.

“And the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”


8 posted on 08/03/2013 3:21:27 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

Neither the gates of Hell nor Pope Francis will prevail against It!


9 posted on 08/03/2013 3:24:55 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide
Neither the gates of Hell nor Pope Francis will prevail against It!

A Catholic in rebellion against the Pope is a Protestant - by definition.

If you are a Catholic, your duty is to study, understand and obey the Pope. He is your teacher, you are his student.

Don't like it? Then find the courage to admit you're not a Catholic.

10 posted on 08/03/2013 3:38:33 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: ebb tide

A question must be asked.

Why do you not accept Pope Francis?

He is a man of deep faith in Jesus.


11 posted on 08/03/2013 3:49:53 PM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Talisker; ebb tide
If you are a Catholic, your duty is to study, understand and obey the Pope. He is your teacher, you are his student.

How true. But, as a CHRISTIAN, your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures. He is your teacher, you are his student. Jesus Christ is your ONLY role model.

There, tally, fixed it for you...

Romans 7: 4 So, my brothers and sisters, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit for God. 5 For when we were in the realm of the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in us, so that we bore fruit for death. 6 But now, by dying to what once bound us, we have been released from the law so that we serve in the new way of the Spirit, and not in the old way of the written code. ...

12 posted on 08/03/2013 3:57:28 PM PDT by WVKayaker ("Our nation endures and our government... has not perished from the earth."-Sarah Palin 7/1/13)
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To: Talisker

I am a Roman Catholic. And will obey the Pope always when he speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals.

On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.


13 posted on 08/03/2013 3:58:30 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: Biggirl

See post 13.


14 posted on 08/03/2013 4:05:55 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide
I am a Roman Catholic. And will obey the Pope always when he speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals.

On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.

LOL, check your catechism. You may question, but not disagree. And the Church decides WHAT you may question, and WHAT the answers to your questions are. If you reject these constraints, you are rejecting the authority of the Church. If you cannot accept the teachings, you require confession, penance, and contrition, as well as prayer about your stubbornness and ego.

YOU do not decide the teachings of the Church. You want to play it both ways - you want to choose what to follow and what not to follow, and at the same time you want to hide behind the Church's teachings and not own them as your own when that conveniences you. And you want to claim the Church supports you in this.

Hey, I don't really care what you do. But instead of being a CINO, why don't you find your integrity and just accept that you're a Protestant. Because the issue is extremely simple - obedience. Catholics are obedient, period. And to strip out the Pope and claim to be a Catholic is the very definition of hypocrity.

15 posted on 08/03/2013 4:12:08 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: ebb tide; Talisker
I am a Roman Catholic. And will obey the Pope always when he speaks ex cathedra on faith or morals.

On other matters, such as permitting homos as priests or respecting the teachings and values of Islam, I have the option to respectively disagree.

dittos

16 posted on 08/03/2013 4:13:02 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (</sarcasm>)
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To: Talisker

Not every opinion of the pope carries the weight of Catholic doctrine.


17 posted on 08/03/2013 4:15:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (</sarcasm>)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Not every opinion of the pope carries the weight of Catholic doctrine.

LOL, and NO opinion of a non-Cardinal has ANY authority to reject ANYTHING the Pope teaches.

And even the Cardinals have to jump through all sorts of hoops to challenge him.

So as a non-Cardinal Catholic, you have ZERO authority to challenge the Pope on something you don't like.

18 posted on 08/03/2013 4:21:06 PM PDT by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

” Catholics are obedient, period.”

You might mention this to most of the world’s catholics, which seem to ignore what they do not like - including not showing up except for weddings and funerals.


19 posted on 08/03/2013 4:25:26 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws - Tacituss)
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To: WVKayaker

1) Catholics are Christians. They are, in fact, THE Christians.

2) “But, as a CHRISTIAN, your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures.”

Where does the New Testament say “your duty is to study, understand and obey God, as led by the Holy Spirit, through the Scriptures.” Please cite an exact verse for me with all of those facets. Thanks.

3) “Jesus Christ is your ONLY role model.”

Jesus is THE role model, but not the only one: 1 Corinthians 4:9-16. You might want to read your Bible more often.


20 posted on 08/03/2013 4:26:53 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Hypocrisy is an ugly thing. Don't be an anti-Catholic Protestant)
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