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To: SumProVita
You say, while the Pope plans to celebrate the Lutheran schism
4 posted on 01/25/2016 3:38:02 PM PST by stocksthatgoup (how many laws has Cruz sponsored that have become law?)
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To: stocksthatgoup

This Pope will NOT be CELEBRATING any schism. Please be careful WHERE you get your *information.*

Also, consider the following, which is quite the opposite that has been reported...even by some well-meaning but very incorrect Catholics:

“Since being elevated to the Chair of St. Peter, Francis hasn’t flagged in his commitment to the faith. He has urged pro-lifers to ‘stay focused’ on preserving the right to life, championed the rights of the poor, rebuked gay lobbies who promote same-sex relations, urged fellow bishops to fight gay adoption, affirmed traditional marriage, closed the door on women priests, hailed Humanae Vitae, praised the Council of Trent and the hermeneutic of continuity, in connection with Vatican II, denounced the dictatorship of relativism, highlighted the gravity of sin and the need for confession, warned against Satan and eternal damnation, condemned worldliness and ‘adolescent progressivism, defended the Sacred Deposit of Faith, and urged Christians to carry their crosses even to the point of martyrdom. These are not the words and acts of a secularizing Modernist.” ...December 7th, 2015, First Things


6 posted on 01/25/2016 4:00:11 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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To: stocksthatgoup

Also...

“When it is made publicly, a statement contrary to the truth takes on a particular gravity… Respect for the reputation of persons forbids every attitude and word likely to cause them unjust injury. He becomes guilty:

– of rash judgment who, even tacitly, assumes as true, without sufficient foundation, the moral fault of a neighbor;
– of detraction who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them;
– of calumny who, by remarks contrary to the truth, harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.

To avoid rash judgment, everyone should be careful to interpret insofar as possible his neighbor’s thoughts, words, and deeds in a favorable way: Every good Christian ought to be more ready to give a favorable interpretation to another’s statement than to condemn it. But if he cannot do so, let him ask how the other understands it. And if the latter understands it badly, let the former correct him with love. If that does not suffice, let the Christian try all suitable ways to bring the other to a correct interpretation so that he may be saved.” ...Catechism of the Catholic Church, n. 2476-2478


8 posted on 01/25/2016 4:04:38 PM PST by SumProVita (Cogito, ergo....Sum Pro Vita - Modified Descartes)
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