What’s the Latin for “dictatorship of the proletariat”?
I asked this earlier. Simplicio Bergoglio: formal, or merely material?
Is there a crisis in the church?
It is truly disheartening to see this constant barrage of insults of the Holy Father. We might not understand or agree with everything he says, but if you are truly Catholic, you believe he is Christ’s vicar on earth. Instead of bashing him for every word out of his mouth or every action he does, we need to be praying for him. All of these Pope Francis bashing threads just cause more scandal against the church. If you don’t feel you can trust him, trust the Holy Spirit that put him there. I do not know God’s plan in all of this, but I am certain He has one. Give it to God and trust in Him.
As a practicing Roman Catholic I feel I need to remind everyone that this institution has had all kinds of bad popes and when they forget the admonition “My Kingdom Is Not If This World” .It gets into all sorts of trouble. But survives.
These meandering homilys of this Pope on temporal matters diffuse any theologic message Pope Francis offers. Snowballs should be thrown at those pointy hat supporters of his as well as opposition clearly expressed to those meanderings on any visit Francis may make here.
Whoa. How did I miss this? What book is this?
-— How much authority does the papal office give Francis to make definitive statements about climate change, or about science in general? None. Nada. Not a lick -—
Not true. Theology and philosophy set the limits of the natural sciences, especially the moral implications of scientific pursuits, procedures and experiments.
And, BTW, science was born in the West because of Christian dogmas regarding Creation which undergird modern science. See Stanley Jaki.