Posted on 10/03/2016 1:58:26 AM PDT by BlessedBeGod
Confess then receive Communion with her "spouse"? Repent as long as it takes to receive Communion then go home and sleep with another woman? Then confess again, rinse and repeat?
“However, neither of us are entitled to manipulate words to result in an outcome that suits our purpose, aka lots of Freepers that seem to manipulate the Pope’s words (much like they do during the primaries when they support candidate a/b/c).”
Well I don’t manipulate his words, I take them literally at face value. And I can’t see how what he says comports with what I understand about Catholic dogma. I don’t have your problem, because he’s not more “holy” in my eyes than the guy across the street. Just because a bunch of his buddies in the College of Cardinals dedcide that he should be given “The Red Phone to God” doesn’t mean anytine to me. But then I hold the same view of the leaders of all churches including those of my former. I do not say this in any way to offend you, just to say that I don’t believe the way that you have chosen. They other bit with which I take issue and it is particularly associated with the Catholic Church, although it is by no means alone, is the purposful flauting of our country’s immigration laws. The Archbishop of Los Angeles openly announces periodically that he will break our nation’s immigration laws to “serve humanity.” So he’s complicit in packing in as many Mexicans and other Hispanic groups despite the fact that it is unlawful to do so.
Nope, that's not how it is supposed to work. But you wouldn't know that and I honestly do not think you will believe anything else.
Apparently you don't really know about Catholic Dogma, if you did you would know that we don't consider our priests, bishops or popes to be more holy. You should understand that they are human, imperfect just like us, and sometimes some do stuff that isn't right. Fr. Pflager in Chicago is one I don't agree with, but I'm not going to discount all Catholics, priests, bishops or popes because of him.
Of course that’s not how it’s supposed to work but it is the duty of the Pope to make it clear. To leave the impression he condones unrepentant sinners receiving Communion is a scandal.
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