Pope Benedict XVI will resist attempts to "water down" Vatican teach

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ROME — Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he will resist attempts to “water down” Vatican teaching, indicating he will uphold Pope John Paul II’s unwavering stands against abortion and euthanasia and will work to guarantee obedience to Church doctrine.

Benedict outlined his vision of his papacy in a homily during a ceremony in which he took his place on a marble-and-mosaic throne of in the ancient Roman basilica of St. John in Lateran. The ceremony is the last formally marking Benedict’s assumption of the papacy.

The pope “must not proclaim his own ideas, but ever link himself and the Church to obedience to the word of God, when faced with all attempts of adaptation or of watering down, as with all opportunism,” Benedict said.

“That’s what Pope John Paul II did, when … faced with erroneous interpretations of freedom, underlined in an unequivocal way, the inviolability of human beings, the inviolability of human life from conception to natural death,” Benedict said. “Freedom to kill is not a true freedom but a tyranny that reduces the human being into slavery,” the pontiff said to ringing applause from the congregation.

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I’m very happy to hear the that the pope is still, in fact, Catholic. 😉

hoo-ray for orthodoxy
 
I am grateful for his clarity in standing for the Truth. God has certainly been good to us in giving us Benedict XVI.
 
I had the impression of just that, that PBXVI intends to shake up liberalism, especially in the secular realities of Europe, where saying “I am Catholic” translates to nothing more than cultural heritage.

When I was in Hungary last summer, I was saddened to see cathedrals empty, and the general community of Budapest void of evidence of faith. If PBXVI can shake them up, then I am all for it.
 
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ROME — Pope Benedict XVI said Saturday he will resist attempts to “water down” Vatican teaching, indicating he will uphold Pope John Paul II’s unwavering stands against abortion and euthanasia and will work to guarantee obedience to Church doctrine.

Benedict outlined his vision of his papacy in a homily during a ceremony in which he took his place on a marble-and-mosaic throne of in the ancient Roman basilica of St. John in Lateran. The ceremony is the last formally marking Benedict’s assumption of the papacy.

The pope “must not proclaim his own ideas, but ever link himself and the Church to obedience to the word of God, when faced with all attempts of adaptation or of watering down, as with all opportunism,” Benedict said.

“That’s what Pope John Paul II did, when … faced with erroneous interpretations of freedom, underlined in an unequivocal way, the inviolability of human beings, the inviolability of human life from conception to natural death,” Benedict said. “Freedom to kill is not a true freedom but a tyranny that reduces the human being into slavery,” the pontiff said to ringing applause from the congregation.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com …
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Well i’m glad to hear it!
Pity about the Virgin Mary stuff and other Heresies, but the moral standpoint is great!
Good to see it in a Christian Church!
 
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