If you were Pope

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It does not matter who is Pope because all the decisions that have to be made come directly from God.If I was Pope I would put myself ih the hands of the creator and do his will.
 
I’d spend a year in Los Angeles cleaning out all of the problems (assuming that the cleansing would eminate from there). I would probably demand that most chanceries be liquidated in the US (save some money anyway…). Then, I would promote several of our more prominenet dissident bishops into positions where they cannot hurt anyone anylonger, filling their post with good men from Linclon Nebraska!

GO SKINS!
 
lepanto said:
Two things:
  1. Make the Baltimore Catechism mandatory for religion classes…
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This is a dated source. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is far superior to the Baltimore Catechism.
 
Daprato said:
This is a dated source. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is far superior to the Baltimore Catechism.
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The Compendium is for adults isn’t it?

The Baltimore is for youth.
 
If I was Pope I would have an official and exhaustive commentary to the Bible published. I would also publish a much-needed update to the Baltimore Catechism.

Copies of this commentary and catechism, the CCC, the Compendium, the Bible and a book of prayers would be available at any parish office in the world for about a buck each – or free in many cases. I would then exhort the world’s Catholics to make use of these treasures…
 
joelacour said:

  1. *]End all diplomatic relations/concordats. God does not need an ambassador. Aposalic Delegate, yes; Papal Nuncio, no. By doing so, the Church then does not have a conflict when she criticizes a nation state for not following God’s Law.
    *]Rely on Power of the Spirit. That’s the only power the Christ promised the Church. The rest is secular.
    *]Yearly visit to Jerusalem. Yes, it’s the Roman Catholic Church, but He started it all by rising from the dead in Jerusalem.
    *]There was nothing wrong with Vatican II – just what was made of it. Re-publish the V2 documents with a commentary. Sort of “What the Council Really Says”.
    *]Clean up the translations to more faithfully agree with the Latin. For the life of me, I can’t figure out how Et cum Spiritu tu tuo = And also with you.
    *]I know there is Vatican TV, but is it 24/7? There are tons of wonderful things about the Catholic Church that need to be publicized in a more positive manner.
    *]If you’re going to excommunicate someone, do it publically. I love the excommunication scene in Beckett
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  1. SO very true! Although it is the Catholic Church, not the “Roman Catholic Church.”
 
Daprato said:
This is a dated source. The Compendium of the Catechism of the Catholic Church is far superior to the Baltimore Catechism.
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Having read both, I would wholeheartedly disagree, as would many others I know. I know of several parishes that are starting to do their Catechism classes for both adults and children with the Baltimore, and I can understand why. There are far better Catechisms out there than the Compendium: Roman Catechism (Read Pope Benedict XVI’s comments about it), Baltimore, Catechism of St. Pius X, This Is The Faith by Canon Francis Ripley, St. Thomas Aquinas’ Catechism of the Summa, The Catholic Catehchism by Fr. Hardon, etc.
 
If I were Pope I would fix the car door handle on the pasenger side of my next door neighbor.
 
If I were Pope, I would try to convince Flanders to convert to Catholicism
 
SemperFidelis said:
Having read both, I would wholeheartedly disagree, as would many others I know. I know of several parishes that are starting to do their Catechism classes for both adults and children with the Baltimore, and I can understand why. There are far better Catechisms out there than the Compendium: Roman Catechism (Read Pope Benedict XVI’s comments about it), Baltimore, Catechism of St. Pius X, This Is The Faith by Canon Francis Ripley, St. Thomas Aquinas’ Catechism of the Summa, The Catholic Catehchism by Fr. Hardon, etc.
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There are far better catechisms out there intended specifically for children than the Baltimore too.

I own the Baltimore and Fr. Hardon’s and while both are good references, neither is better than the Compendium. Thomas’ catechism isn’t the same class of catechism.

A parent could do much better (and worse) than the Baltimore.
 
Daprato said:
If I was Pope I would have an official and exhaustive commentary to the Bible published. I would also publish a much-needed update to the Baltimore Catechism
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We ALREADY have a NEW catechism since the 1990s. Why revert back to the Baltimore?
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I don’t think the Baltimore Catechism is that bad. It’s understandible. The Catechism of the Catholic Church gives more detailed summary of our faith.

I think we need to work on the SSPX and get them into the flock and then unit the EO with us. Unification should be the priority as well as giving Catholics all over the world better education on Catechism. It is apparently, that Catholics the majority have a misunderstanding of our faith, and most of them don’t know their faith.

They need to reaffirm and re-learn their Catholic faith. So they have a reason to remain so. They don’t realized that we have the fullness of truth, and that we have Jesus Christ in our Tabernacle, real presence.

The Pope is the Servant of the Servants of God. His duty is taking care the spiritual welfare of all Christians. We work on the those in our Church, and those who are not in union with us.
 
peary said:
We ALREADY have a NEW catechism since the 1990s. Why revert back to the Baltimore?
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Because it is a lot more clear-cut and straightforward compared to the newer Catechism. While Vatican II didn’t teach any error, it is infamous for containing ambiguous statements. Since the new CCC (as well as the new Compendium) quotes Vatican II 80% of the time, I rest my case. The Church never changes, there is no need to be scared of older Catechisms. The Roman Catechism (Pope Benedict XVI agrees) and the Baltimore Catechisms are by far the best Catechisms out there.
 
Pope_Noah_I said:
…what changes would you make to the Catholic Church? grabs popcorn and sits back…
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The following -​

    1. Reform the process of canonisation to make it harder to be canonised
    1. Abolish the legal maxim that “the first see is judged by none” - Popes must not be shielded from the consequences of their actions: no one else in the Church is
    1. Encourage Catholics to help other Christians when the latter are persecuted
    1. Restore the practice of prayer for the persecuted Church
    1. Take measures to ensure that all Roman documents are translated accurately; & encourage the other bishops to do likewise
    1. Encourage & propagate devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
    1. Restore the Ember Days as days of fasting
    1. Abolish the Swiss Guard - Popes are bishops & bishops are supposed to lay down their lives for the sheep: not have bodyguards
    1. Allow bishops to serve until death, unless there are weighty reasons for them not to
    1. Lead by example
    1. Insist on clarity & completeness in religious instruction
    1. Reform the Diocese of Rome
    1. Forbid all teaching books that are immoral or erroneous, & require the bishops to do likewise; no matter what the consequences. Perverting the young & impressionable & ignorant is **not **part of the Church’s mission
    1. Forbid utterly the use of invalid matter in the sacraments, on pain of excommunication
    1. “Live at peace with all men, as far as possible” (St. Paul)
A lot of things could be done. The real problems for the Church are in the human heart; so no external reforms, however well-conceived or wise or Christian, can deal with them.
 
SemperFidelis said:
Because it is a lot more clear-cut and straightforward compared to the newer Catechism. While Vatican II didn’t teach any error, it is infamous for containing ambiguous statements. Since the new CCC (as well as the new Compendium) quotes Vatican II 80% of the time, I rest my case. The Church never changes, there is no need to be scared of older Catechisms. The Roman Catechism (Pope Benedict XVI agrees) and the Baltimore Catechisms are by far the best Catechisms out there.
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But there ARE question/answer catechisms based upon the new catechism, such as the Question & Answer Catechism of the Catholic Church by John A. Hardon SJ, and a new one coming out that can be found on this website:
catholic-catechism.com/
No, the Church never changes but the eras in which it lives through does, and the Truth must be made understandable to those who live in the world at a specific time. The BC fulfilled its role in catechesis, but we are in a new era now with new needs.
 
peary said:
We ALREADY have a NEW catechism since the 1990s. Why revert back to the Baltimore?
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I don’t think I would revert back to the Baltimore, but I do think there is a need for a very simplistic training tool for kids and it would be nice to have something to replace the dated Baltimore.

The CCC, its Compendium and the United States Catholic Cathechism for Adults are all vastly superior to the Baltimore, but not as simplistic for the kids…
 
SemperFidelis said:
Because it is a lot more clear-cut and straightforward compared to the newer Catechism. While Vatican II didn’t teach any error, it is infamous for containing ambiguous statements. Since the new CCC (as well as the new Compendium) quotes Vatican II 80% of the time, I rest my case. The Church never changes, there is no need to be scared of older Catechisms. The Roman Catechism (Pope Benedict XVI agrees) and the Baltimore Catechisms are by far the best Catechisms out there.
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Are you are attempting to suggest the CCC contains “ambiguous statements” then you are in error. Yet unless you enjoy thumbing through 40 pound UNIX manuals to relax, you’ll probably never make it through the CCC even once.

The Pope does not “agree” that the Baltimore and the Roman Catechism “are by far the best Catechisms out there.” While they serve different specific purposes the CCC is by far the most comprehensive…
 
peary said:
But there ARE question/answer catechisms based upon the new catechism, such as the Question & Answer Catechism of the Catholic Church by John A. Hardon SJ, and a new one coming out that can be found on this website:
catholic-catechism.com/
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Actually I spoke quite highly of this Catechism in an earlier post and stated it was better than the new CCC and Compendium. The CCC actually based itself to some extent on Fr. Hardon’s Catechism.
No, the Church never changes but the eras in which it lives through does, and the Truth must be made understandable to those who live in the world at a specific time. The BC fulfilled its role in catechesis, but we are in a new era now with new needs.
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I agree. The new CCC has one thing going for it over other Catechisms: it has a LOT more stuff in it. I use the CCC quite frequently because it has many things in it that other Catechisms don’t have. However there still are several things in the new CCC that can be misconstrued if one doesn’t read it in the light of Tradition. Examples are EENS (just an affirmation? What?), and ecumenical issues.
 
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