Posted on 04/10/2005 3:00:15 PM PDT by Liz
He called for "placing in common the welfare and the goods of all, material and immaterial, physical and spiritual"
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How are we, as trying-to-be-good Catholics, to reconcile this with our political beliefs? Should moral trump political here?
Rubs me wrong, too. The Holy Spirit is supposed to choose, and I don't think it's swayed by bumper stickers!
There also needs to be a Pope that is going to take on the "gay mafia" in the Church and take a draconian stance on paedophiles.
In short, the Pope needs to have steel in his soul. I may be wrong, but I don't see much of that in this bunch of cardinals.
Regards, Ivan
Precisely. Could not agree more.
Political correctness is the club used by the Secular Taliban to beat back believers----to oust religionists of every faith from claiming their rightful place in the public square.
PC needs to be quashed every place it raises it ugly head-----whether church or state.
"Hi Mom! Guess what happened to me today?!"
(However I think I will stick with Cardinal Arinze.)
Remember the old warning concerning papal 'favorites':
"Enter a Pope, exit a Cardinal."
It's okay as long as the game belongs to you, rather than you belonging to the game.
Sorry, can't reply now, my poker chips won't let me.
*grin* Of course.
No chance. Speaks only Italian. Much has changed since the death of Pope Paul VI.
Yea right! Listen to the handicappers, put your mortgage on the front runner and someone else will own your house.
How can anyone profess to know who the conclave might elect?!!!
Give me a break!!! sit back, relax and wait to see what happens!!
Bdad
Really?
The Holy Spirit isn't an "it", He's an "He".
The Catholic Church, I lament to say, is really good at dropping the ball - look at the way Law was treated his clear mishandling of the sexual abuse situation in his region.
The church has a great opportunity to honor the parts of the world where their church is growing - Africa and Latin America. If they squander that in favor of a European (and Italian)
I don't think the church should select an African or South American simply for the sake of the fact that they are African or South American. That being said, there are fine candidates from those areas and it is time to pass them the ball, rather than revert to old habit (and needless to say, Italy and much of the rest of Europe are not places that their church is growing - if anything, it is shrinking).
Remember that the church's most compelling tenet is its acknowledgement of individual free will.
The Church can only tell you what they consider to be the methodology to live a relatively peaceful, stress-free life by following its teachings.
However, we have free will, and ultimately make our own decisions on how we shall live.
The Church's contention is that high-risk behavior like gambling has social and moral and consequences. If you engage in such activity, you should be prepered to suffer the consequences.
I actually thought of some funny responses to that. Something tells me some might be offended, though!
Yeah, I'd much rather see a hardliner like Arinze as pope. And how great it would be to have an African pope! The African Catholics are in the front lines of a real religious war and are strong, hardened soldiers. They have much to teach the world. They deserve to be recognized and emulated.
I don't have a good feeling about this guy. He seems too "slick" and showy...
Mmmmmm....that would militate against his chances.
I believe particular regions have propensities to particular views on doctrine and policy. Latin America was awash with "Liberation Theology" and as such, I'm very suspicious of most of the Cardinals from there.
Africa, in contrast, is highly conservative.
Regards, Ivan
I agree with you totally. Some of the odds-on favorites (to be Pope) sound like socialists. I don't like it that Tettamanzi is "liberal when it comes to issues of social justice". And that: 'He called for "placing in common the welfare and the goods of all, material and immaterial, physical and spiritual" - prompting a blistering editorial last year from the newspaper Il Foglio blasting "the Communism of Tettamanzi."'
We do NOT need a Pope who is a Socialist/Communist. Good grief! Pope John Paul II fought AGAINST Communism. And here we have a Cardinal who wants to bring it back!
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