Posted on 09/27/2019 6:20:53 PM PDT by ebb tide
Vatican City, Sep 26, 2019 / 10:25 am (CNA).- In a meeting with Jesuits in Mozambique earlier this month, Pope Francis said that clericalism is a direct result of rigidity and linked to a fixation on sexual morality.
“One dimension of clericalism is the exclusive moral fixation on the sixth commandment,” Pope Francis said according to the Jesuit-run journal La Civilta Cattolica transcript published online Sept. 26.
“We focus on sex and then we do not give weight to social injustice, slander, gossip and lies. The Church today needs a profound conversion in this area,” the pope said.
“Once a Jesuit, a great Jesuit, told me to be careful in giving absolution, because the most serious sins are those that are more angelical: pride, arrogance, dominion… And the least serious are those that are less angelical, such as greed and lust,” he explained.
Pope Francis said: “Clericalism has a direct consequence in rigidity. Have you never seen young priests all stiff in black cassocks and hats in the shape of the planet Saturn on their heads? Behind all the rigid clericalism there are serious problems.”
The pope added that he recently had to intervene in three dioceses due to “problems that expressed themselves in these forms of rigidity that concealed moral problems and imbalances.”
“On the other hand, great shepherds give people a lot of freedom. The good shepherd knows how to lead his flock without enslaving it to rules that deaden people,” he said.
“The shepherd has the ability to go in front of the flock to show the way, stay in the middle of the flock to see what happens within, and also be at the rear of the flock to make sure that no one is left behind,” he said. “Clericalism, on the other hand, demands that the shepherd always stays ahead, sets a course, and punishes with excommunication those who stray from the flock.”
As examples of clericalism, Pope Francis told stories of a priest who refused to bless a woman’s rosary and a Jesuit provincial who wrote a letter with a future date claiming to have discerned a decision for a long time.
“Clericalism is essentially hypocritical,” he said.
During papal trips Pope Francis often stops to meet with Jesuits in the region. On his Sept. 4-10 trip to sub-Saharan Africa, the pope had private meetings with members of the Society of Jesus in both Mozambique and Madagascar.
In a one-hour meeting on Sept. 5 with 24 Jesuits from Mozambique, Zimbabwe, and Portugal, Pope Francis answered questions about apostolate, proselytism, clericalism, xenophobia, and his experience of God as pope.
On this last subject, Pope Francis said: “My relationship with the Lord has not changed, apart from a greater sense of responsibility and a prayer of intercession that has spread to the world and to the whole Church.”
“I commit the same sins as before. My election as pope did not convert me suddenly, so as to make me less sinful than before. I am and I remain a sinner. That’s why I confess every two weeks,” Pope Francis said.
Is it any wonder Bergoglio is open to homosexual "unions" (even granting them personal audiences and blessing their "unions"), cohabitation, adultery, birth control, etc. Is it any wonder he surrounds himself with homosexual clerics and only acts when the they are publicly exposed to save face?
Ping
The Pope really dislikes morality.
*** “we focus on sex” ***
Sex?? Francis is the only Pope I know who has used Coprophilia, Coprophiliacs, and feces related terms to insult Catholics.
Pope Sicko.
You forgot “rabbits” in reference to Catholic mothers who have eight children and spinsters in reference to traditional, contemplative nuns.
“Social injustice” is a sin? Who knew?
He said that?!
If the next Pope is a conservative, it would behoove him to once again suppress the malignancy that is the Jesuit Order.
Sheesh, what a schmuck he is!
Frances is the Catholic Church’s 0bama, working to destroy it from within.
Sexual sin is one of the primary driving forces that turns people to liberalism, it is the devil’s favorite tool to turn people who wouldn’t originally think of committing other sins into absolute rebels against GOD.
r/K ping
Slander, gossip, and lies?
Is Pope Franco calling out Nancy Peelousy and the Democrats???
He is not fond of clarity either. Also I was not aware that giving people enough rope to hang themselves with (his version of freedom in my opinion)is part of Catholic teaching. Now more than ever we need shepherds who understand that fences just don’t restrict the sheep - they keep out wolves. It is not rigidity to keep your fence line in good repair. It is responsible husbandry.
He’s really likes to use the word “rigid”.
Translation: “don’t focus on us diddling kids”
"Least serious" on the scale of mortal sins does not mean "not serious"--greed and lust will get you thrown into Hell for eternity as surely as pride will--and rejecting Christ's teaching on sexual morality is a symptom of pride. Francis's language shows that his worldview comes from Freud's outdated psychology, not from the Lord Jesus Christ (and not from an informed understanding of psychology, for that matter--Jesuits seem to be "fixated" on century-old psychology fads).
If you even suspect the truth, you are guilty of a far more grave sin....
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