Posted on 04/19/2005 5:13:20 PM PDT by Alex Marko
They so don't get it. Being a Catholic is not about "you" it's about "Christ". So much for humility and perspective - these people seriously lack both.
Catholics for a Poor Choice.
>>And take the rock n roll Masses when you leave!
Amen.
The guy's a Catholic.
B16's doctrinal "conservatism" surprises people?
They think they're going to get a new one who says, "Oh, BTW, Jesus didn't rise from the dead, to hell with poor people, feel free to crush and flush your babies, bomb whole cities, and buggers, bugger away"?!
And they want to call this "following your conscience"?
As Josef Cardinal Ratzinger once said, (and imagine this in all-caps, red font, and the biggest honkin' typeface):
"CONSCIENCE IS A STUDENT, NOT A TEACHER."
"Bene dictus" is a pun in Latin for "well spoken."
I like his style. And you know what else? I like his smile.
My understanding is that the priest shortage is pretty much just here in the US, and that across the globe the number of men entering the priesthood is up.
What a load of bull. Mass attendance has been declining steadily since the 60's threw out the Latin Mass and brought in the dumbed down, feelin' alright, guitar strummin' idiots' liturgy. If Benedict XVI restores liturgical discipline, Latin, incense and Gregorian chant, the churches will fill up again. People want the Real Thing, not the watered down substitute.
They aren't dismayed, they know the truth. They are becoming master of feigning dismay, however.
And from the wacked out meth heads at DU:
"looks like the criminal bushgang won the pope auction
wonder how long it will take them to suck the vaticans vaults dry?"
"Gay and lesbian Catholics are going to be very hurt by this election because Cardinal Ratzinger was the lightning rod for so much of the anger they felt under the previous pope,"
They are going to be VERY,VERY HURT, but not by any of the Popes, but by God Himself. By the way, how can a lesbian or gay be a Catholic. Isn't that a contradiction in terms?
Apparantly supporting Church doctrine isn't allowed if you want to be accepted as Pope by liberal "Catholics".
I have a budding idea for a companion article:
This Pope won't serve condoms for Holy Communion to a bunch of Gays and Lesbians.
I was amazed that Jim Lehrer on PBS had some experts on his program tonight who were very supportive of Pope Benedict XVI...one was a priest at Ave Maria University in Naples, Florida. On the other hand, Morton Kondracke was an embarrassment on Brit's program...very negative.
Matter of fact I think that some have been excommunicated from the Church.
"Anytime a liberal squeals in outrage, an angel gets its wings!"
That just about says it all!!! LOL!!!
Another blow for the National US Democrats--no male homosexual advocacy with the new pope.
Perhaps he will be tolerant of female homosexuals.
Oh, yeah, Americans stopped going to mass because they didn't hear enough liberal thought there. Wonder why they also stopped going to the Eucharistic services in the Episcopal Church???
Something demonic this way comes... these homosexual unCatholics seek to destroy Christianity.
Oh, that is so excellent!
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