Posted on 10/07/2017 6:42:13 PM PDT by marshmallow
BOSTON, Massachusetts, October 6, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) -- Jesuit priest and papal confidant Father Anthony Spadaro said that Pope Francis holds that the Catholic Church can no longer set down general norms that apply to entire groups of people.
Spadaro, editor of the Italian magazine La Civiltà Cattolica, made the comment today at a conference at Boston College where liberal Cardinals met with dissident theologians to discuss strategies for implementing Pope Francis’ controversial teachings on marriage and family in dioceses across the United States.
The Jesuit priest told attendees that Amoris Laetitia, the Pope's 2016 teaching on marriage and family, recognizes that people living in "irregular" family situations, such as the divorced and remarried living in adultery, "can be living in God's grace, can love and can also grow in a life of grace."
"We must conclude that the Pope realizes that one can no longer speak of an abstract category of persons and ... [a] praxis of integration in a rule that is absolutely to be followed in every instance," he said, according to a report by National Catholic Reporter.
"Since the degree of responsibility is not equal in all cases, the consequences or effects of a rule need not necessarily always be the same," he added.
"It is no longer possible to judge people on the basis of a norm that stands above all," he concluded.
Jesuit Fr. James Keenan, a dissident theologian at Boston College and one of the main organizers of the October 5-6 event, said the conference will “fortify and further the ongoing reception of Amoris in the U.S."
He said that the event is about “setting an agenda for the future of the Church” in the U.S.
Today’s discussions at the conference focused on Amoris Laetitia’s call for pastors to, in the words of the.....
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Wow
Heresy in spades. Well, I suppose Francis himself didn’t say it. But I doubt whether he’ll fire this guy for misrepresenting him.
A whole lot of moral confusion out there.
Thereby furthering my claim that Jesuits are the worst enemies of Catholics evah!
(Yes, I am - or was - a Catholic.)
Is there any way to get rid of a Pope?
LOL NOW they tell me.
Yes. It’s been done a few times.
The Catholic Church is becoming a pagan church.
Then it’s time to learn a new trade. Maybe plumbing?
Then it’s time to learn a new trade. Maybe plumbing?
This conference at the pro-abortion Jesuits’ pro-abortion Boston College, is a major step on the path to formal schism.
The schism will not become formal until the schismatics are certain that they will have legal title to the buildings and the money of the Catholic Church. Perhaps they will take the Vatican City State with them, but fail in expropriating properties and money in some places.
It’s the NFL times infinity.
I’m sure that non-judgement applies to “Climate Deniers”.
When God said in Scripture that he doesn’t change ... this must be news to this guy.
Welcome the Methodist Church USA!
I knew he was trouble the instant I realized the mediots were talking about what a great pope he was going to be...Of course, they hated Benedict for being a conservative Catholic. I sometimes wonder what was really behind his “retirement.”
As I have said before, the popester’s worst problem is his mouth.
Given how sleazy Francis is, Benedict was probably blackmailed into retirement.
How, I do not know. But I don’t put anything past Francis.
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