YOU want the POPE to validate that HE is CATHOLIC? Where are you people coming from. This is just another way of saying,“We are above the POPE, He has to do what WE say”
I understand what the document says, but what people are not understanding is tha the document was not a dogma. It was based on dogma.
It makes sense if we suppose that the Church has only ever proposed a teaching on religious freedom in order to defend its material interests, and that the teaching should change where the interests of the Church change.Does this make sense?
JR
I don’t know how you got that impression. It’s the Pope’s job to “confirm the brethren.”YOU want the POPE to validate that HE is CATHOLIC? Where are you people coming from. This is just another way of saying,“We are above the POPE, He has to do what WE say”
I would think that the SSPX would have to PROVE that THEYare Catholic…Boy, talk about egotism!!!
I agree with you that the State should work with the will of God for the benefit of its people, spiritual and material. But we don’t live in Utopia.
Wouldn’t it be better to avoid the possibility of having to make an apology in the first place, by resisting the temptation to judge rashly? Try taking Deacon Ed B’s advice:Is anyone REALLY surprised by this. If the SSPX accepts the 5 things, wouldn’t they then have to accept having to turn over maybe 5.000,000 dollars in cash and property!!! not in this lifetime…They like it just as it is. Money talks
(If they ever do, I’ll certainly owe them an apology, which I will gladly do.)
You’re more naive than I, Deacon. I see a whole lot of SSPX hatred around here.
Then call me naive. Call me anything if it could lead to reunification. I will gladly take on whatever title you throw at me.
??? - This was my first response.
How is it that anyone cannot understand that to affirm freedom of religion as a fundamental human right is to affirm freedom for all Catholics to practice their religion without fear.I agree with you that the State should work with the will of God for the benefit of its people, spiritual and material. But we don’t live in Utopia.
The Church is aware of that. Therefore, she must demand of the State the freedom of religion as a fundamental human right. Not only must she demand it from the State, but from any group who threatens another because of their religious beliefs, as has been the case in the Middle East.
JR
I saw a video about that Church recently. A bunch of sicko’s over there…
No offense to you or Deacon Ed, but have you both been living under a rock for the last few years? This kind of thing is nothing new.
The video was only put out in February. I haven’t heard of the Most Holy Redeemer Church until then.
This kind of thing is fortunately quite rare. Assuming Deacon Ed does not live in that diocese, there is little reason that he should have heard of it.
I’m sorry, but I have never seen anything such as this. I’ve been a Catholic since 1972 and working for the Catholic Church since 1974 to this day, in an official capacity.
I can happily assure you of several things. 1. No - I am not from that Archdiocese. If I were I would move and request excardination/incardination.from this to another diocese 2. This is not common in my archdiocese at all. S. Texas can have its advantages. 3. I am realizing that naievete can be a gift, that insulates one from such as this. Pray, pray pray for these.
So, now EWTN is “modernist”? Oh please. I have bricks that will fly farther than that one.
This is why the SSPX say that the Church has lost her way.I’m sorry, but I have never seen anything such as this. I’ve been a Catholic since 1972 and working for the Catholic Church since 1974 to this day, in an official capacity.
This is not the Catholic Church. These are people acting on their own.
JR
