I’m a little confused here. A man marries a woman and has a family and then decides to divorce his wife and abandon his family after 15 years of marriage, since he prefers the single life. You tell me that it is not a sin to refuse to live up to your family and marriage committments? Where did you hear this teaching?
Well then, what was this Catholic theologian talking about? Why is she teaching Catholic theology at a Catholic university? And further, what is the meaning of the word “sermon”?
This is a confusing point.
To BECOME a human being? What else would it become?
Your are very tolerant. God, in His infinite wisdom, realized that the Church of me, a one-legged-stool can never stand alone. That’s why He gave us the Church, the Bible, and Tradition. Ever wonder why people are so horrified by prom girls who discard their babies in the bathrooms, and then return to dance as if nothing had happened? I wonder why they are so horrified. It’s perfectly legal, and her choice alone.
While I agree with your theory, remember, Christ came not to condemn the world but to preach salvation.
Bob, I don’t know the what a “sermon” is, probably a particular preacher’s rant. Honestly, I am with you, why is a “Catholic” theologian teaching non-Catholic princuiples? Perhaps the university used to be Catholic, but has since become secular?
He is not preaching Chritst on this visit! He is preaching a realtivistic human understanding of truth that should and is he says evident in all faiths and groups and from that we can work together to promote human rights.
My understanding of a sermon is that it is a discourse on a moral or Scriptural issue delivered by a member of the clergy at a religious service. And I don’t see how this differs from a homily. I believe that they are close to being synonymous, so I don’t see where it makes any sense to criticize someone for using the term sermon instead of homily. Unless you can give me a reference to a standard dictionary where the difference between the two terms is clearly outlined for the general public, it looks to me like this type of criticism is nothing more than useless nitpicking.
There was a Catholic priest who was a member of Congress, Father Drinan of Massachusetts, and from I read, he was one of the most pro-abortion legislators in Congress. But in spite of his pro-abortion record, he was allowed to say Mass and receive Holy Communion every day. I am not sure why the Catholic hierarchy did not excommunicate Father Drinan, except perhaps if they were not that much in favor of anti-abortion legislation as one might think? That was a question.
But some people have proclaimed publicly their support for abortion rights. This is not a case of something private or unknown to the general public.I hope one can see the foley in thinking that a priest, bishop, cardinal, or even the Pope can know the heart of a man/woman.
I think something we are forgetting here is that the Pope did not give communion to the pro-abortion people at the Mass. If I am not mistaken the 30 or so people that did receive from the Holy Father were hand picked by those responsible for the Mass.