Replies to post #158109 on America Demands Justice NOW

[MiamiGent]

Yes, perhaps too educated for their own good.

My immediate family went to Boston College, a prominent Jesuit college in the Northeast. The amount of religion required was almost a joke. Two courses in four years, with subjects like Judiasm in the 13th century. The kids came out knowing next to no religion. My devout mother was sick about this.
Notre Dame, another Jesuit University, invites abortion proponents to give commencement speeches.
https://nypost.com/2021/05/23/notre-dame-commencement-goes-ahead-without-biden-after-backlash/

Sheesh

And from my ihub personal page:.... Catholic Christian faith (disregard the unfortunately normal number of errant clergy);

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A clarification to my post on infallibility:

.....in 1870 with the proclamation of the dogma of papal infallibility for rare occasions when the pope speaks ex cathedra—literally "from the chair (of Saint Peter)"—to issue a formal definition of faith or morals....[

I was mistaken. The Pope IS considered to be infallible but only in the narrow confines noted above. And in these rare instances he is resting on the incredible amount of research by church scholars over hundreds, even thousands of year. These definitions of faith and morals are the distilation of deep research, discussions, internal debate and refinement upon refinement. He pronounces them speaking for the church. I rely on them. For instance the church teaches gays are to be treated with dignity and respect but it is a disorder.

The Pope 's infallibility does not apply to the broard array of everyday activities such as appointments, policies, talks, letters, thoughts expressed, for instance, on gay life, actions against priests active against abortion, allowing pedophile priests to be moved around when in Argentina, promoting a priest who defiled about eight nuns, etc. In these cases, he is the administrative head of the church, subject to all the strengths and frailities of man.

Pope Francis has an approach not to be controversial, skirt the sticky issues for the good of the church getting along with the world. I don't agree with it but it is an approach. I was much more alligned with Bernard, his German predecessor who had the courage to speak up asking, "what's with all this violence in the Koran?". He got excoriated for that.

I am a believing, practicing Catholic and part of the church. I am not for throwing the church out with the bath water. We have to continue to root out the rot, get rid of the scum.

Let's remember, we are the church.

MG