Politics in red robes

[jdnation]

"With the Pope’s death, American Catholics yearn for openness. According to a poll by Gallup, 78% want the next pope to allow Catholics to use birth control; 63% say he should let priests marry; 59% believe he should have a less strict policy on stem cell research; 55% say he should allow women to be priests.

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By consolidating power, the Pope believed that he was strengthening the church. Now the conservatives want a post-John Paul papacy to extend his stringency. Others want moderation, openness and discussion. Catholics in America do not now hold the same principle of hope. No one monitors the church’s crisis more closely than the White House, and no one plots to exploit its division more ruthlessly. Religion is politics under red robes. So Bush travels to Rome."

guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1453862,00.html

 

[Tantum_ergo]

Well, THIS American Catholic wants none of the above that American Catholics on those “polls” supposedly wants. . .

I want Catholicism to be Catholicism, not heresy.

 

[pprimeau1976]

They should have a follow up poll…

Do you think that church teaching should change based on popular opinion?

Options would be yes, no, and duuuuuhhhhhhh.

 

[Genesis315]

78% want the next pope to allow Catholics to use birth control

Nothing is stopping these folks from using birth control. Just know that using it is a sin. Why can’t they realize that popes do not have the authority to make an intrinsically sinful act no longer sinful?

 

[JimG]

What percentage would like to see an end to polls on ‘what Catholics want?’

 

[Maccabees]

How catholic exactly are these so called catholics?

 

[Brain]

propably catholic in name only

I really get sick of people thinking bishops and cardinals are politicians in big hats. Even worse is when they actually act like politicians in big hats.

 

[msproule]

"With the Pope’s death, American Catholics yearn for openness. According to a poll by Gallup, 78% want the next pope to allow Catholics to use birth control; 63% say he should let priests marry; 59% believe he should have a less strict policy on stem cell research; 55% say he should allow women to be priests.

Of these supposed “wants”:

• Two are immoral
• One is improbable (not to mention, unnecessary)
• One is impossible

Any guesses? I know the faithful people on these forums (who obviously were not included in the poll or ar in the “minority”) can figure it out.