There haven’t been any. Any suggestion on the part of any poster that previous Popes didn’t understand and communicate God’s mercy is a suggestion reeking (ironically) with lack of charity. And what hypocrisy to suggest otherwise.
The Pope can take as hard a liberal turn as he wants, if he doesn’t tamper with doctrine and dogma (which he can’t) then his fallible actions have no bearing on faith.
I cannot seek common ground with someone who thinks that some life is worth less than others.
Probably because he eschewed the trappings of his office and rode the bus with the common people, and saw their daily struggles, in the ditches of life. It’s a messy business with lots of grey areas.
Case in point. Good luck in your internet quest to evangelize people to your point of view.
As if right wingers do not see daily struggles? We may come to different conclusions but that doesn’t mean we don’t understand the daily grind. We live it just as much as left wingers do.
I believe homilies are liturgically supposed to reflect of the readings of the day. The Bible apparently doesn’t mention those subjects.
There are many people that are very sorry for their sins but do not feel worthy of forgiveness. I knew one woman in a dire situation had an abortion and could simply not ask for anyone’s forgiveness, especially God’s. She knew she belonged in Hell. It took her over 20 years to find a priest, a Jesuit priest, who convinced her she was worth of God love and forgiveness.
Human beings have an innate capacity for the spiritual…this is sacred. Religious dogma is not sacred, it is an opinion that has evolved over time.That’s called Burger King, have it your way, not Catholicism.
We’ll see, won’t we?
If you wish to call yourself catholic that is not a stance you can take.
Well, like I’ve said earlier, one result of this may be more money in the pockets of the SSPX or SSPX-SO.
The Church does not “evolve in its teachings”. Dogma is unchangeable and one Pope cannot contradict an earlier Pope on dogmatic (definitive) teachings. Pope’s cannot contradict Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition, or the already established teachings of the Magisterium.
Vatican warns John Kerry not to take Holy Communion …
Agreed, but you seem to suggest ( you did NOT state) that those babies dying through abortions are more important that the children dying of starvation or who are murdered. I don’t believe any life is worth more or less in God’s eyes just because of how they are killed or for what reason. Every child, or adult who dies is a child of God.
And yet I say that the earth is round.