Which is more serious?
When Pope Francis stated that the Church has no authority to bless sin and those living in sin and the gay lobby in the Church was offended, was that more serious than when Pope Francis flip-flopped and said that clergy must bless couples living in sin and over 1,000 bishops were offended and millions of faithful, practicing Catholics were offended?
Is it worse to offend the gay lobby in the Church or the bishops of the Church along with faithful Catholics. It appears that Pope Francis has done both. It is a miracle.
2 comments:
Throughout my lifetime, certainly since the time that I had begun to understand the Papacy, I have never experienced polarization in regard to any Pope. I have never been angry at, nor offended by, the Roman Pontiff.
My experience has been that the overwhelming amount of my brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ have loved and respected our Popes. But I have known/encountered Catholics who have raged against our holy Popes.
I recall, for example, a post that I had offered here that detailed the many times that the "Homosexual Lobby" had denounced Pope Francis. Speaking generally, from 2013 A.D. to date, right-wing extremists have denounced Pope Francis around-the-clock.
There are Catholics who continue to express offense and outrage in regard to Popes Benedict, Saint John Paul II, Saint Paul VI, etc.
Sorry, but I am unable to relate to said "polarized" folks. I have better ways to spend my time than to work myself into a polarized state in regard to the Vicar of Christ.
I am happy to just love and respect the Pope. I am thankful that God has provided us with a universal bishop who, under Divine protection, with never-failing faith, serves as our teacher, governor, and sanctifier.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
MT, you should stop being so individualistic and thank God you aren’t a priest since you cannot identify with those who are being alienated by the pope and the people he chooses to lead dicasteries. I have been a priest for almost 44 years and I have never experience the polarization we are experiencing as it concerns a sitting pope and I know this from the ground and from laity who are pained by what they are feeling, seeing and hearing from the Vatican. That you can’t understand this or sympathize with them says it all. God bless you, but grow up.
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