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Francis looks to heal Church with two pope saints
Digital Journal ^ | April 10, 2014 | Jean-Louis De La Vaissiere (AFP)

Posted on 04/10/2014 6:01:59 AM PDT by Biggirl

Pope Francis aims to unite conservative and reformist strands of Catholicism with the first canonisation of two popes this month -- an impressive masterstroke that has already stirred dissent in some quarters.

(Excerpt) Read more at digitaljournal.com ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Worship
KEYWORDS: canonisation; popefrancis; saints
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To: pax_et_bonum

Yes, she is.


41 posted on 04/10/2014 10:39:10 AM PDT by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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To: Biggirl

Thanks!


42 posted on 04/10/2014 10:44:02 AM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the Seals of Extortion 17 - and God Bless America)
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To: Redmen4ever

It’s a good lesson that Catholics distinguish between Saints and saints: it’s not that living people aren’t “saints”; it’s that a Saint is someone we *know* to be a saint, because of a sign from Heaven.


43 posted on 04/10/2014 11:24:53 AM PDT by dangus
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To: DManA

“3. If a pope could pick saints would he do it for political purposes?”

Pius IX and Pius XII were discussed as candidates for sainthood until it was politicized. I guess we can just refer to them as “Saint Pius IX” and “Saint Pius XII”...

In the larger scheme of things, neither John XXIII or John Paul II can hold a candle to St. Pius X in terms of their impact on the world today; I for one am surprised that either of them is being canonized at this point.


44 posted on 04/10/2014 11:43:32 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Biggirl

“Pope Francis aims to unite conservative and reformist strands of Catholicism with the first canonisation of two popes this month”

In all seriousness, which of these two Popes represents “conservatives”?


45 posted on 04/10/2014 11:44:56 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: Biggirl
I'd like to see Obama cannonized.

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46 posted on 04/10/2014 12:16:54 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: kearnyirish2
neither John XXIII or John Paul II can hold a candle to St. Pius X in terms of their impact on the world today; I for one am surprised that either of them is being canonized at this point.

They were popes during the age of mass media. The age during which people think The Beatles are greater than Chopin.

47 posted on 04/10/2014 12:18:42 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Obamacare: You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“They were popes during the age of mass media. The age during which people think The Beatles are greater than Chopin.”

I understand that, but there has to be more to canonization than being on TV. What legacy merits such honor?


48 posted on 04/10/2014 12:21:55 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: pax_et_bonum

Only the trailer!


49 posted on 04/10/2014 2:23:34 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Faith with love is the faith of Christians; without love, it is the faith of demons." - Ven. Bede)
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To: kearnyirish2

I’m not surprised. It’s the official canonization of Vatican II.


50 posted on 04/10/2014 3:04:14 PM PDT by piusv
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To: NKP_Vet
Pardon my french but you don’t know what in the hades you’re taking about.

Bishop Sheen was about as orthodox as they came.

Wanna bet?

He was also an evolutionist--not that that would mean anything to you.

Mother Teresa cared for the poor her entire life and she “saw Jesus” in every face she looked at.

We're not talking about charity or compassion here. We're talking about this.

Mother Teresa was a rabid ecumeninist who didn't believe in converting people. What do you think she'd say about your "reactionary" attempts to win converts to Catholicism when according to her it wasn't even necessary?

No REAL Catholic is “conservative” or liberal, they are CATHOLIC, and can not be pidgeoned-holed into any ideology.

It looks to me like your definition (and that of almost all other Catholic FReepers) of "REAL Catholicism" requires one to be a liberal.

51 posted on 04/10/2014 4:19:49 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: NKP_Vet
there was nothing “liberal” about Vatican II.

Okay; you aren't even worth engaging with.

52 posted on 04/10/2014 4:25:48 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: DManA

“1. Doesn’t the canonization process take years?”

At least six years, yes.

“2. What does a Pope have to do with the process anyway?”

Everything. He can withhold permission for the process to even start, for instance.

“3. If a pope could pick saints would he do it for political purposes?”

Yes, but only if that saint was also holy. John Paul II pushed the process for many people who were holy but were even more important for cultural reasons (or perhaps we might say “political” reasons. John Paul II wanted Catholics around the world to see that the faith was a world wide thing and not a European thing: Hence:

http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/document.php?n=697

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020731_canonization-mexico_en.html


53 posted on 04/10/2014 4:26:37 PM PDT by vladimir998
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To: Zionist Conspirator

Nothing at all “liberal” about Vatican II. It changed no doctrine or dogma of the Church. It’s purpose was to reaffirm the 2,000 old Catholic truths of the Church. Of course Fulton Sheen was an advocate of the council. So were 99% of all Catholic bishops and that definitely included Pope Benedict.

Mother Teresa’s job was not “converting” people. He job was tending to the poor and at that no one was better.

And what to you mean by my “reactionary” attempts to win converts to the faith? I am concerned with my soul. I don’t go around preaching the gospel. If someone wants information I tell them.

Try not referencing sites that are for Catholic-bashing and nothing more.


54 posted on 04/10/2014 6:13:44 PM PDT by NKP_Vet ("It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died;we should thank God that such men lived" ~ Patton)
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To: piusv

I must confess, I’m going to be using that one. I’ll give credit to FReeper Pius V, but I’m using it...

Well put.


55 posted on 04/11/2014 3:25:24 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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