[marshmallow]

+Francis will neither rebuke this heretic nor issue any sort of correction and there will be no negative consequences for spreading this sort of talk. That is why we are heading for a formal split in the Church.

[gingerbread]

Pardon me, but this was predicted to happen, over 2,000 years ago. That there will be a great falling out. The majority of the churches, in order to become part of the world, will deny the teachings of GOD. The remnants of the people that will keep the word of GOD will be declared “HERETICS” and will be hunted down and punished, severely.

[Alex Murphy]

"Saying that the doctrine will never change is a restrictive view of things," the cardinal told reporters at a Vatican press office briefing. Cardinal Marx, who is president of the German bishops’ conference, said that most of the country’s bishops backed the proposal by his fellow German, Cardinal Walter Kasper. “We cannot change the Church,” Cardinal Marx said, “but we have not understood everything yet.” He stressed that the Church should serve all of the faith, not dividing them “into first class or second class or third class.”

PFL

[DarkSavant]

He stressed that the Church should serve all of the faith, not dividing them “into first class or second class or third class.”

Straw man. The Church has never done this, no matter how grevious the sin.

[u57896]

Excuse me Cardinal Marx, it is not about first or second class citizens, it is about souls and saving them. If you are Catholic, then you MUST follow the laws of the Church. all of them, you are not allowed to pick and choose what you will believe. This includes laws pertaining to divorce, polygamy(divorce and remarriage without an annulment), and homo marriage. End of story.

[Zionist Conspirator]

It's amazing how naive conservative Catholics can be. For years they have been defending changes in Catholic doctrine on such matters as higher criticism, evolution, Biblical inerrancy, and religious liberty. Did they really think this would be the end of it?

Someone needs to look up "unchanging" in the dictionary.

[chesley]

OK. Maybe this is slightly off topic, but as I have always understood it, in the RC Church, the sacraments convey some type of saving grace.

If this is the case, then a denial of communion would be the same as sentencing a man to hell. Is this an inaccurate statement?

If it is not, would somebody please explain what effect a denial of communion would have upon the sinner?

If is is, isn’t this a lot of power for God to give to mortal man?

I’m not trying to pick a fight here, but I have never been able to pin this answer down.

Thanks.