Now that I’m an agnostic I’m well past the point of return but am impressed with Pope Francis after eliminating this dinosaur. He seems like a breath of fresh air within a very stale institution. Historically reformers haven’t done well within the Catholic church but I wish him all the best.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-demotes-u-s-cardinal-raymond-burke-1.2828756
In regards to my above post, will somebody please tell me why recently whenever I copy/post an url lately you can’t click it on? What do I have to do to change this back?
Did you create a link? You can always go back and edit it to fix it.
Well I copied your text and lets see what happens.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-demotes-u-s-cardinal-raymond-burke-1.2828756
Fail but if I copy the link from the browser
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-demotes-u-s-cardinal-raymond-burke-1.2828756
or use the link icon above hmmm the link icon is greyed out. odd then highlight text and it becomes active
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-demotes-u-s-cardinal-raymond-burke-1.2828756
Well I copied your text and lets see what happens.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-francis-demotes-u-s-cardinal-raymond-burke-1.2828756
I have the utmost respect for someone willing to be as bold as he is. My faith is mine, I can share it by my actions towards others. What I say I believe pales in comparison to how I behave towards my fellow man.
Every church would do well to remember that.
So what do you like about him?
"So what do you like about him? "
I think he’s a progressive pope which has been very unusual in the Catholic church.
"So what do you like about him? "
I think he’s a progressive pope…
Lol.
I mean by pope standards. Everything is relative.
I mean by pope standards. Everything is relative.
But what specifically? I’m just curious. I’m Catholic, but I’ve had mixed feelings about some of the Church’s policies on some things and I’m still figuring out if I like Francis (I know he has charisma out the wazoo though).
I mean by pope standards. Everything is relative.
But what specifically? I’m just curious. I’m Catholic, but I’ve had mixed feelings about some of the Church’s policies on some things and I’m still figuring out if I like Francis (I know he has charisma out the wazoo though).
He stands exactly where pretty much every other modern pope has stood. This whole meme of him being “progressive” or more “enlightened” than previous popes is pure fantasy.
This gets promulgated in the media and people just accept it.
Look at his views on gay marriage (and gay sex in general), abortion, kid touching by priests, and on down the list. Those views are exactly the same as the last pope and the one before that and…
I mean by pope standards. Everything is relative.
But what specifically? I’m just curious. I’m Catholic, but I’ve had mixed feelings about some of the Church’s policies on some things and I’m still figuring out if I like Francis (I know he has charisma out the wazoo though).
He stands exactly where pretty much every other modern pope has stood. This whole meme of him being “progressive” or more “enlightened” than previous popes is pure fantasy.
This gets promulgated in the media and people just accept it.
Look at his views on gay marriage (and gay sex in general), abortion, kid touching by priests, and on down the list. Those views are exactly the same as the last pope and the one before that and…
So then it’s the charisma thing . . .being approachable and down to earth?
If you left the Church and don’t agree with it, why do you care about the Pope? Are you a Type II agnostic?
I’m probably more atheist than agnostic but am interested in this pope strictly because I’m normally quite interested in world affairs and a lot of people worldwide still follow Catholic doctrine. He seems to be attempting to drag the RC church into the modern world far more than any other recent pope and against the expected resistance within that institution.