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Cowardice in the anti-Francis brigade
Michael Sean Winters | Jul. 12, 2016
A group of 45 "scholars, prelates and clergy" have sent an appeal to the world's cardinals, asking them to implore Pope Francis to correct what they deem to be "erroneous propositions" in Amoris Laetitia, according to this report from the National Catholic Register's Edward Pentin.
Pentin reports:
'We are not accusing the Pope of heresy,' said Joseph Shaw, a signatory of the appeal who is also acting as spokesman for the authors, 'but we consider that numerous propositions in Amoris Laetitia can be construed as heretical upon a natural reading of the text. Additional statements would fall under other established theological censures, such as scandalous, erroneous in faith, and ambiguous, among others.'
Phew! I am so glad this group doesn't think the pope is a heretic, at least not necessarily, and provided he agrees to withdraw the propositions in question. And, at least only parts of Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation are "scandalous, erroneous in faith, and ambiguous" not the whole thing.
It would be nice to see the entire text, not merely what Mr. Pentin chooses to share with us. For instance, do these scholars and prelates and clergy acknowledge that Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation followed quite closely the consensus document produced by the synod, a document in which each and every paragraph received a two-thirds majority vote?
https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/cowardice-anti-francis-brigade
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Cowardice in the anti-Francis brigade (Original Post)
rug
Jul 2016
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beemer27
(503 posts)1. They are forgetting on very important thing.
He is the Pope, and they aren't. They should be listening to what he is saying, not trying to tell him what to say.
This Pope is worth listening to. They should try it.
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)2. Some American catholics see "Leftists!", according to these comments:

Patricksday Redemptionis Donum16 hours ago
Apparently some "Cardinals" dont think Pope Francis was a divine choice, since he talks about Mercy and Kindness, how dare he show the Heart of the Roman Catholic Church that has been missing for centuries from the Vatican.
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pl1224 Patricksday7 hours ago
Amen!!!
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FrankieB_InChicago Bro_Ed13 hours ago
Nope, just that if the Pope and his leftist subversives don't start defending Catholicism instead of promoting secular liberalism, there will be a price to pay.
See my longer post regarding my Chicago visit for those of you who want to meet next week !
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Reyanna Rice FrankieB_InChicago9 hours ago
And you are going to exact that price? Is that a threat? Are you once again proposing violence? I seem to remember you were threatening "body bags" at churches to put those into it who "your group" was going to get out of the Church one way or another and you rattled off a long list of those whom you do not deem fit to be Catholics. You do know that threats of violence in internet comments is a punishable offense.
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FrankieB_InChicago Reyanna Rice9 hours ago
Huh ? Show me where I ever threatened that. More stuff you are making up or ascribing from someone else to me.
The price to pay will be a revolt by the core of the Catholic Church who will no longer tolerate having their $$$ siphoned off by apologists for left-wing retreads and their allies, Reyanna.
Throw in the growing backlash and the fact that Catholics are ripe to move on religious, ethnic, AND racial issues, and you have a Church that will be shifting right-ward very much so.
Imagine a national movement appealing to Irish Catholics fed up with busing or Italians fed up with racial quotas. The targets ? Black and white libs...easy pickings.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. LOL
Can I say that, or does the Internet consider that a threat against fishes, Reyanna ?
see more
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Reyanna Rice FrankieB_InChicago9 hours ago
"Like shooting fish in a barrel". Your implications could not be clearer. About right now I could care less if you take your right-wing nut Catholics and go form your own Church. You do not represent the main body of Catholics world-wide who support the Church. You are way outnumbered by the rest of universal Catholicism who understand and resonate with this pope. I think the SSPX would welcome your kind of intolerance.
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FrankieB_InChicago Reyanna Rice8 hours ago
95% of Irish Catholics in South Boston opposed Cardinal Medeiros selling them out to the ACLU and NAACP.
90% of Italian-Americans oppose taking their jobs and giving them to the NAACP.
It's not me who is out of step with Catholics -- including white ethnic Catholics, Reyanna -- but you.
Storm clouds are brewing on the horizon. Better take cover.........LOL
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pl1224 FrankieB_InChicago7 hours ago
Your word salad needs a better dressing--may I suggest a soupcon of coherence?
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disqus_meZXVILv6B FrankieB_InChicago12 hours ago
Jesus was considered a subversive by the Saducees, the Pharisees and the Scribes... and they turned Him over to be crucified by the Romans...does that ring a bell? Why are you so frightened? Pope Francis wouldn't know "secular liberalism" if it bit him in his hindquarters...he's an Italian immigrant raised in Argentina... he's just Catholic, according to the Gospel.
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FrankieB_InChicago disqus_meZXVILv6B11 hours ago
I'm not 'frightened, Disqus, but he seems to go out of his way to appease the anti-Catholic Left while denigrating loyal Catholics. AL was a disaster, 250 pages of gobbledygook surrounding a few key paragraphs and 1 footnote.
He associates with left-wing bishops from Europe who are notorious for failed dioceses and 5% Mass attendance. THESE are the guys he listens to ? Of course, they allegedly put him in to the Papacy, if the blogosphere is correct.
PF might not "know" secular liberalism anymore than the Brown Bishop of Germany knew Naziism, but he's doing their bidding just like the Brown Bishop.
Pope Francis apparently thinks liberal Protestantism is a winning formula. It's sort of like buying a baseball club, and then deciding the Chicago Cubs and not the New York Yankees will be your blueprint on winning the World Series.
... https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/cowardice-anti-francis-brigade
Patricksday Redemptionis Donum16 hours ago
Apparently some "Cardinals" dont think Pope Francis was a divine choice, since he talks about Mercy and Kindness, how dare he show the Heart of the Roman Catholic Church that has been missing for centuries from the Vatican.
10 Reply
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pl1224 Patricksday7 hours ago
Amen!!!
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FrankieB_InChicago Bro_Ed13 hours ago
Nope, just that if the Pope and his leftist subversives don't start defending Catholicism instead of promoting secular liberalism, there will be a price to pay.
See my longer post regarding my Chicago visit for those of you who want to meet next week !
0 Reply
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Reyanna Rice FrankieB_InChicago9 hours ago
And you are going to exact that price? Is that a threat? Are you once again proposing violence? I seem to remember you were threatening "body bags" at churches to put those into it who "your group" was going to get out of the Church one way or another and you rattled off a long list of those whom you do not deem fit to be Catholics. You do know that threats of violence in internet comments is a punishable offense.
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FrankieB_InChicago Reyanna Rice9 hours ago
Huh ? Show me where I ever threatened that. More stuff you are making up or ascribing from someone else to me.
The price to pay will be a revolt by the core of the Catholic Church who will no longer tolerate having their $$$ siphoned off by apologists for left-wing retreads and their allies, Reyanna.
Throw in the growing backlash and the fact that Catholics are ripe to move on religious, ethnic, AND racial issues, and you have a Church that will be shifting right-ward very much so.
Imagine a national movement appealing to Irish Catholics fed up with busing or Italians fed up with racial quotas. The targets ? Black and white libs...easy pickings.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. LOL
Can I say that, or does the Internet consider that a threat against fishes, Reyanna ?
see more
0 Reply
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Reyanna Rice FrankieB_InChicago9 hours ago
"Like shooting fish in a barrel". Your implications could not be clearer. About right now I could care less if you take your right-wing nut Catholics and go form your own Church. You do not represent the main body of Catholics world-wide who support the Church. You are way outnumbered by the rest of universal Catholicism who understand and resonate with this pope. I think the SSPX would welcome your kind of intolerance.
2 Reply
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FrankieB_InChicago Reyanna Rice8 hours ago
95% of Irish Catholics in South Boston opposed Cardinal Medeiros selling them out to the ACLU and NAACP.
90% of Italian-Americans oppose taking their jobs and giving them to the NAACP.
It's not me who is out of step with Catholics -- including white ethnic Catholics, Reyanna -- but you.
Storm clouds are brewing on the horizon. Better take cover.........LOL
0 Reply
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pl1224 FrankieB_InChicago7 hours ago
Your word salad needs a better dressing--may I suggest a soupcon of coherence?
0 Reply
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disqus_meZXVILv6B FrankieB_InChicago12 hours ago
Jesus was considered a subversive by the Saducees, the Pharisees and the Scribes... and they turned Him over to be crucified by the Romans...does that ring a bell? Why are you so frightened? Pope Francis wouldn't know "secular liberalism" if it bit him in his hindquarters...he's an Italian immigrant raised in Argentina... he's just Catholic, according to the Gospel.
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FrankieB_InChicago disqus_meZXVILv6B11 hours ago
I'm not 'frightened, Disqus, but he seems to go out of his way to appease the anti-Catholic Left while denigrating loyal Catholics. AL was a disaster, 250 pages of gobbledygook surrounding a few key paragraphs and 1 footnote.
He associates with left-wing bishops from Europe who are notorious for failed dioceses and 5% Mass attendance. THESE are the guys he listens to ? Of course, they allegedly put him in to the Papacy, if the blogosphere is correct.
PF might not "know" secular liberalism anymore than the Brown Bishop of Germany knew Naziism, but he's doing their bidding just like the Brown Bishop.
Pope Francis apparently thinks liberal Protestantism is a winning formula. It's sort of like buying a baseball club, and then deciding the Chicago Cubs and not the New York Yankees will be your blueprint on winning the World Series.
... https://www.ncronline.org/blogs/distinctly-catholic/cowardice-anti-francis-brigade
When did the Catholic Church, institutionally, ever practise Mercy and Kindness? It's always been first and foremost about being in temporal power.
rug
(82,333 posts)3. What do they see in this?
Acts 2
44 All who believed were together and had all things in common;
45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
44 All who believed were together and had all things in common;
45 they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to all, as any had need.
What do you see in this. first and foremost?
Ghost Dog
(16,881 posts)4. Seeds of Socialist or Communitarian Revolution.
You then need to pool the means of production...
... But this surely refers to some earlier, pre-Catholic community...
rug
(82,333 posts)5. It's the community after Pentecost. It's still there even if sometimes overshadowed.