tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post5772574402819643217..comments2024-03-28T19:16:02.689-04:00Comments on Catholic in Brooklyn: Will the Real Pope Francis Stand Up?Catholic in Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-58971786210624629732013-03-31T13:51:51.979-04:002013-03-31T13:51:51.979-04:00It shouldn't be about personal style in the Pa...It shouldn't be about personal style in the Papacy. It should be about Papal style and one should conform to the Traditions of the office. Otherwise it runs the risk of each Pontificate being externally opposed to the next. As a parish tries to mimic each Pontificate more money is spent on vestments, whether plain or more elaborate then switched back again. I think the office would be above the man. Sending messages by refusing things connected to the office of the Pope tells us all that we can pick and choose those things that suit us personally and cast off things that don't. I think the Pope's actions are starting to confuse people. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09813051727507211923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-50628905221922021222013-03-25T18:22:59.941-04:002013-03-25T18:22:59.941-04:00Peace and Godspeed.Peace and Godspeed.bill bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737277581167437670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-80829041496227828202013-03-25T17:24:30.359-04:002013-03-25T17:24:30.359-04:00Nice to see you here, Bill. You know that I absol...Nice to see you here, Bill. You know that I absolutely agree with you that popes can be wrong in "non infallible venues." But that's not what we are talking about here. This is about leading the church down a wrong spiritual path, and that is not possible. <br /><br />Also, using the example in my post, what can sometimes seem to our finite minds to be the completely wrong path - e.g., Moses leading the Israelites into an apparent death trap between the Red Sea and Pharaoh's army - can be exactly the right path. We live by faith, not by sight. And we live by the words of our Lord, who said the gates of hell will never prevail against His Church. Catholic in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-64843967520997001452013-03-25T17:14:18.245-04:002013-03-25T17:14:18.245-04:00 Popes can lead astray in non infallible venues ... Popes can lead astray in non infallible venues and did so: Leo X on burning heretics in Exsurge Domine,1520...Nicholas V on slavery and coercion in Romanus Pontifex, mid 4th large paragraph. John Paul has obscured this in his oath for profs etc. but Lumen Gentium 25 obscured it prior to that. Real Catholicism requires thinkers not robots in the non infallible. Most morals come from scripture like the ten commandments; and scripture is inerrant or you might say constantly infallible on morals.bill bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737277581167437670noreply@blogger.com