10 Quotes that Prove the Pope is a Liberal

[prodigalson2011]

Brilliant idea and great article! Unfortunately, the punch was lost on me, as I’m a bit of a Ratzinger fanatic, so I caught on pretty quick.

Still funny, though, and it’d be great if that got into the mainstream press, where it really * needs* to be. As if.

 

[jonathan_hili]

Haha! Okay, that’s brilliant!

 

[EphelDuath]

I’m feeling a little conflicted…someone help me…I’m not sure where I am w/ the Pope on this quest to address all of the ‘social issues’ plagueing man at this point…what about spiritual charity…not sure about his kicking off his shoes…so to speak…and not abiding by some of the traditional routine for the Holy Father…what next…start selling some of the treasures located at the Vatican to feed the poor…are we losing perspective…

Oh yes, quite outrageous behavior indeed. Almost as much of an upstart as that Nazarean bloke that kept feeding the poor.

 

[MarcoPolo]

it’d be great if that got into the mainstream press

If the powers that be in big media did get ahold of all Benedict’s quotes, there would probably be one of two reactions:

1. “Oh my gosh! Pope Benedict said all these things and we missed/ignored it! We should let the world know!!”
2. [Looks both ways and over shoulder. Chucks quotes in trash. Clears throat. Writes article about how Church wages war on women for not buying their birth control pills for them.]

 

[prodigalson2011]

If the powers that be in big media did get ahold of all Benedict’s quotes, there would probably be one of two reactions:

1. “Oh my gosh! Pope Benedict said all these things and we missed/ignored it! We should let the world know!!”
2. [Looks both ways and over shoulder. Chucks quotes in trash. Clears throat. Writes article about how Church wages war on women for not buying their birth control pills for them.]

Number 2. Final answer.

 

[Joe_5859]

Brilliant idea and great article! Unfortunately, the punch was lost on me, as I’m a bit of a Ratzinger fanatic, so I caught on pretty quick.

Still funny, though, and it’d be great if that got into the mainstream press, where it really * needs* to be. As if.

Same here. I suspected with the first quote that he was quoting Benedict and not Francis. By the third quote I was certain.

 

[otjm]

So, the author was joking on the whole matter?

No, actually the author is deadly serious. He is getting at all the people who make knee jerk reactions to whatever the secular news media has to say.

Some of the more conservative elements in the Church are going around trying to make Pope Francis out to be a liberal. He is neither a liberal nor a conservative; he simply follows Christ and is willing to delve into areas of the Gospels in which neither the progressives nor the conservatives spend much time.

And there have been charges that the conservatives, who largely held up Benedict to be a conservative, either missed a lot of what he said, or simply ignored it. Whether those are true or not, there is certainly a sentiment that far too many people pay far too little attention.

Read the whole article again; it is not that hard. All of the article, not just a little bit.

 

[otjm]

I’m feeling a little conflicted…someone help me…I’m not sure where I am w/ the Pope on this quest to address all of the ‘social issues’ plagueing man at this point…what about spiritual charity…not sure about his kicking off his shoes…so to speak…and not abiding by some of the traditional routine for the Holy Father…what next…start selling some of the treasures located at the Vatican to feed the poor…are we losing perspective…

What about spiritual charity? That reminds me of a quote:

"What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or a sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them ‘Go in peace, keep warm and eat well’ but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it? So also faith of itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

Indeed someone might say, 'You have faith and I have works." Demonstrate your faith to me without works, and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works."

James goes on, but I think everyone can get the drift.

This Pope is a Jesuit - and most still don’t get it. Not abiding by the traditional routine of the Holy Father… guess what, the tiara went out several papacies ago. He lives his life ans he has lived it for years as a priest, then as a bishop, and then a cardinal; and he had some very choice words for those bishops who went around acting like “princes of the Church” before he was elevated to the papacy; and he has had a few choice words further about those “seeking higher office” since then.

There is a new sheriff in town. This one is not primarily a philosophy teacher (although the pope who was gave us some fantastic work) nor is he primarily a theology teacher (although the one who was also gave us some fantastic work). Just because the last two were from academia does not mean that is where we need to get all our popes. This one first and foremost has been a pastor, and that is the background from which he will operate.

And when he goes to his eternal reward (or steps down because he is no longer able to shoulder the load), we will get the next one, whom the Holy Spirit finds as best for the Church at that time. Maybe one who had been a lawyer, or a doctor, or an engineer (my bishop was an engineer) - or whatever.That is the Holy Spirit’s problem, not mine; and as best I can see looking at history, the Holy Spirit has been batting awesomely of recent.

 

[Gliggle]

Brilliant =)