Pope Francis' Visit to Myanmar and Bangladesh

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Here’s Pope Francis removing his shoes before going into a pagan temple.
 
In all seriousness, I can’t help but think of all the saints who suffered torture and death because they refused to set foot in a pagan temple. I doubt any of them would have removed their shoes before taking a tour of such a place. I wonder what they must think of our popes actions here?
 
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ByWhatAuthority said:
n all seriousness, I can’t help but think of all the saints who suffered torture and death because they refused to set foot in a pagan temple. I doubt any of them would have removed their shoes before taking a tour of such a place. I wonder what they must think of our popes actions here?
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He’s reaching out to others, showing Christ’s love, and he’s certainly not worshipping other gods. He was given to us by the Holy Spirit to lead the Church – maybe we should pay attention.
 
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In all seriousness, I can’t help but think of all the saints who suffered torture and death because they refused to set foot in a pagan temple. I doubt any of them would have removed their shoes before taking a tour of such a place. I wonder what they must think of our popes actions here?
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I think this is a case where context matters. In a case where a pagan religion is dominant, and the intent of forcing someone into a pagan temple is to cause them to worship, then refusing to set foot in the temple is proper. But I do not believe that is the case here - I think the Pope is trying to show that as Catholics we can still love and respect pagans.
 
Exactly. It’s always very sad to see Catholics object to respecting other religions.
 
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Exactly. It’s always very sad to see Catholics object to respecting other religions.
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If only that were what they were objecting to! I’d agree whole wholeheartedly!

Respecting other people, yes. Enough to value their eternal souls? YES! Which is the point. What kind of mercy prefers to reassure people that it is no problem to be comfortable in whatever faith they have—even while believing that there is one path to eternal happiness whose name is Jesus Christ?

Respect their right to reject the truth, but also respect their need to be told the truth so that they might embrace it! At least love them enough to care about that! What does it mean if you believe what we profess as Christians, and then choose not to speak the truth when souls are in jeopardy?

Is it more disrespectful to say, “You were made for more than this life!” and lead people to the truth, or to say, “I want heaven for me, but YOU are fine right where you are…”

We do not worship the same God. The concern is not that he is respectful to other people of other faiths. It is that he is elevating other faiths—other gods—to equal footing with the one true God—the one true God who made very clear that he finds other gods offensive and unacceptable to him.

This is not the Church’s teaching, and it is not open to debate. It is the will of God Himself. “No one comes to the Father, except through me.”

If you watch the Pope Video on interreligious dialog, the concern is not being respectful to other people! Of course that is how we should be towards others! This image from the video sums it up…the leader of the Catholic Church presents Jesus as one equal option among other equally valid “expressions” of belief in God (or gods).

To me it is not just sad, it is tragic, to see Catholics who prefer “tolerance” to truth.

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