Yes. Specific examples would have helped me at least. The first thing I learned was obedience to Church teaching. The Church, not my opinion, was my guide. Yes, I’m a sinner and did disobey but I would never tell the Church something like “do it this way because it’s always been done this way.” I love Pope Francis. This is confusing for me.
On the flipside, he also authorized confessions heard by the SSPX for the Year of Mercy. I question the narrative that he’s salty towards tradition in principle.
ope Francis is pro-tradition, pro-orthodoxy, and against modernism”).
By putting words in the Holy Father’s mouth you risk engaging in the very allegations you make.
I think he is addressing both of those groups, but I don’t agree with how you characterize the second. I would say that he is addressing those Catholics that are convinced they know the mind of God and are supremely confident that they know how God would apply His laws in every situation, and based on that seek to reflexively impose their view of those laws on others instead of listening humbly for the guidance of the Spirit.
It occurs to me that perhaps Pope Francis is intentionally vague when he makes such statements, so that each of us will examine our own heart to see if we too are like the Pharisees: too attached to our own interpretation or way of living out the faith, but possibly missing a more important aspect. It can be likened to seeing the beam in our own eye before pointing out the speck in another’s. These statements are perhaps meant to make each of us uncomfortable so as to examine our own lives and motives. After all, a Christian with progressive views can be just as obstinate as one who holds more to tradition.
It would be weird as the Pope said, “What has been said and what doesn’t change is what’s important; what I hear—from myself and my closed heart—more than the Word of the Lord.” when the Word of the Lord was “one man, one woman, until death.”
You, multitude ( in #29) and others likely are correct as to his intention, but I wish and pray every day that he would stop it. Yes, being purposefully vague has some value, but it’s a two-edged sword because it gives ammunition to those militants who seek to change doctrine.
I thought the pope was Argentinian – now you’re telling me he’s Ignatian? Wow! I can’t even find it on the map.Guys, relax. This is the Pope.
If someone isn’t trying to discern the Lord’s will and is doing certain actions just because that’s what has always been done, that’s lazy. The Lord calls us to detachment and being open to the Holy Spirit. If something is keeping us in the way of reaching other people with Christ that something ought to change.
It’s about practical Christian living. There’s no need to read too much into it. And the Pope is Ignatian which tells us something. Get familiarized with Ignatian spirituality and you will become more familiar with the Pope.
I think collegeathlete meant Igntion; a system for igniting a mixture of fuel (Church teaching) and air (modern Jesuit teaching).
