Pope renews attack on 'clericalist attitude' [CC]

[Catholic_Press]

Pope Francis renews his critique of a “clericalist attitude” in a homily at daily Mass on January 10, contrasting the teaching of Jesus with that of the Pharisees.

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[Tim_D]

There are bound to be plenty of good, hardworking priests in the Church whose eyes roll in their sockets whenever Pope Francis speaks like this. I don’t understand the need for such rhetoric. Using these standards, one could consider Pope Pius XII a “clericalist” for his work prior to being pope.

 

[fin]

Pot, meet kettle

 

[fin]

Article, The Newer Clericalism

thecatholicthing.org/2017/01/05/the-newer-clericalism/

To suggest that a Catholic is not bound by the Church’s teaching because he can’t understand or simply rejects the reasons put forward to support such norms is simply to undo what Saint Paul refers to as the obedience of faith.

 

[josh987654321]

There are bound to be plenty of good, hardworking priests in the Church whose eyes roll in their sockets whenever Pope Francis speaks like this. I don’t understand the need for such rhetoric. Using these standards, one could consider Pope Pius XII a “clericalist” for his work prior to being pope.

I think it’s the sound bite title, I didn’t find the content that bad to be honest, I thought it was pretty good, namely this bit -

Jesus taught with real authority, the Pope said, because He taught with humility. “He had an attitude of a servant, and this gave authority.” The Pharisees, on the other hand, “had a psychology of princes.” Jesus was close to the people, and showed his care from them, while the Pharisees “despised the poor people, the ignorant.”

I found it good, because it mentions our Holy Father’s interpretation of the word ‘clerical’ or ‘clericalist’, as that of looking down on their subjects. If our Holy Father didn’t specify what he meant by ‘clerical’ or ‘clericalist’ I too would have agreed with you.

I hope this has helped

God Bless You

Thank you for reading
Josh

 

[manygift1spirit]

The pope talks about this a lot. I have concluded this is a significant problem in Argentina, certainly more so than in the USA, explaining his focus.

In all my life in the 10s of parishes I have attended, I have never encountered a priest like this. I am not being dismissive here; an extended family member had a pastor for several years who was just like this. It sounded horrible. But we are lucky that this is otherwise not a widespread problem here.

 

[Casilda]

The pope talks about this a lot. I have concluded this is a significant problem in Argentina, certainly more so than in the USA, explaining his focus.

In all my life in the 10s of parishes I have attended, I have never encountered a priest like this…

I have encountered such priests, and a deacon like that, both hispanic.