Posted on 12/21/2020 9:13:36 PM PST by Jan_Sobieski
ROME — The Vatican’s Apostolic Penitentiary has issued a decree granting special plenary indulgences, that is, full elimination of temporal punishment in Purgatory for a forgiven sin, during the “Year of St. Joseph.” The practice, which dates back to medieval times, has been deemed unbiblical by evangelicals.
On Dec. 8, Jorge Bergoglio, also known as “Pope Francis,” announced a special “Year of St. Joseph” to mark the 150th anniversary of Pope Pius IX’s proclamation of Joseph, the earthly father of Jesus, as the “patron of the Universal Church.”
He made the announcement in a Patris Corde (translated “Heart of the Father”) letter on the Feast of Immaculate Conception, which, as previously reported, commemorates the Catholic belief that Mary never sinned and was conceived without a sin nature.
Bergoglio explained that every morning, he recites a prayer to Joseph that ends with, “My beloved father, all my trust is in you. Let it not be said that I invoked you in vain, and since you can do everything with Jesus and Mary, show me that your goodness is as great as your power...”
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As soon as the gold in the coffer rings, a soul from purgatory springs!
Are there any Martin Luther’s in the Roman Church who will stand against him?
What’s next? Vending Machine Indulgences?
We Catholic in Michigan used to call those offenses
Venial Sins. Not Mortal Sins, which are the most grave offenses against God that one can do. Venial, meaning the consequence may only be temporary.
Just send hold through priority post.
Gold. *Sigh.
Just send gold through priority post.
Pope Francis is trying to tear down and rebuild Catholicism in his own image, with help from liberation theology, globalism, and Karl Marx.
It is his religion, he will do as he pleases. Now if Catholicism was of God / from God, God’s standards are higher than the talking mule’s standards. Got pachamama?
This is the kind of crap that gave us Martin Luther.
If, as Catholics, we believe in the teachings of the Church, the Pope is:
1) infallible;
2) the Holy Spirit speaks to and acts through him.
So, I’m keeping my powder dry on criticism, though the Church clearly has much to answer for, in a historical context. All I can do is to try and live my life uprightly and as morally as I can, and hope that it is viewed in as best light as possible on judgment day.
I’ve had the last rights, said over me several times, when they were considered “last rites” and haven’t committed any mortal sins since those times. These are just my thoughts, and I don’t want to get into a long drawn out dogmatic discussion with anyone about my beliefs. No drama.
What a voodoo religion.
Jeeze, he waits until NOW, when we have just 10 days to live it up!?! Couldn’t we have received a little early warning so we could prepare?
Let’s see. In the Bible there is...
no purgatory,
no indulgence,
no patron saints,
no immaculate conception of Mary,
and no pope.
Other than that, no problem.
Sorry Not in the market for papist indulgences.
Carbon Credits, on the other hand, offer the true easy path to righteousness. And forget about that ‘narrow gate’ shite.
Another form of indulgence.....go figure.
The Catechism we learned more than fifty years ago means nothing to our present Pontiff.
Bergoglio, AKA Pope Francis.
Seems like Pope might want to promote the seldom-if-ever-practiced sacrament of Confession, instead of this complexity
1) infallible;
2) the Holy Spirit speaks to and acts through him."
ONLY if he is: 1) addressing matters of faith and morals, and 2) speaking "ex cathedra" on a specific topic. Outside of these very narrow considerations, he is no more infallible than thee or me.
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