I just don’t understand why the Catholic Church is so afraid of being Catholic.Exactly. It sends a terrible message that what Our Saviour went through is something to be hid or conceal so as not to avoid.
if they hadn’t been pushed into it by somebody… and who else was around??Well even the Mass changes as the NO is a lot different from the TLM. I personally don’t mind some change, so as long as its for the RIGHT reason.
I would really like to know what Protestants would be offended, as the article quoted the Bishop saying we don’t want to offend, by the current form of the Stations of the Cross?
Exactly. So why is the Bishop kowtowing to Jews, who I would imagine are not going to be in attendance in any significant number.As to not offending the Jews, quite frankly I think it’s high time that the Jews wake up and accept the reality that it was their own High Priest, Pharisees and Saducees, who orchestrated Jesus’ arrest and murder, and that we don’t blame the Jews who are alive today - they weren’t alive 2,000 years ago. Yes, the Romans hammered the nails in, but the whole plot was instigated, arranged and managed by the Jewish High Priest and his cohorts. They can deny it til the end of time, claiming “The Romans did it!” but I’m sure, if they think about it, they would realize that the Romans didn’t give a d*mn about a Jewish rabbi in the hindquarters of the Empire, so why would the Romans crucify Jesus
I heard about CYD on ABC.au’s The Religion Report a few weeks ago. They are having trouble attracting enough people to it, as it will be in winter in Australia. One way to bring in potential converts, but also attract more people is to bring in other sects. It is a more open form of Catholicism. WYD is a time to spiritually grow and not just restricted to an “Orthodox” version of Catholicism. The Pope and Vatican are reaching out to all youth.This really makes me angry
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I’ve got no problem with the Church reaching out to the youth and non-Catholics. But why not do it by presenting Catholicism in all its glory.
They do that by respecting their own beliefs and treating us as equals. It depends on their own internal Jewish and Christian sects, some are more respectful than others (e.g. many Lutherans/Methodists respect Catholics while some Baptists make more vocal public pronouncements against).
Well, it’s not the 4 million who attended WYD in Manila or even the 500,000 in Denver, but even with fewer participants, it’s still enough participants that I don’t see the need for including non-Catholics:
this implies you think stations of the Cross that celebrate only gospel events are not Catholic. I am endeavoring to find out your basis for this opionion.
Yes that is true. However not many know that.
I can’t speak for Xpat but I can tell you this. It is a very poor reason to change the Stations of the Cross so as to avoid a perceived offense against jews.
so in your opinion the traditional Stations of the Cross are offensive to Jews? I am still not hearing any rationale for objecting to commemorating gospel events in this way.
Am I a Jew? How would I know if the traditional Stations of the Cross are offensive to Jews? Even if they are to some, I would never change it for that.
This is the kind of ecumenicism that I think is good. Using the scriptural stations of the cross, and avoiding the passion giving a false anti-semetic theme. We don’t have to give up any of our beliefs to do those things.This really makes me angry
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What I am objecting to is the Stations were changed in order to not offend anyone. That’s it.
Isn’t that our mission, to bring the Gospel to the world? How can we do that if we don’t care what they think about us?