Saturday, March 08, 2014

Pope Francis gives another interview

Or, how I learned to stop worrying and love the apocalypse...

While the MSM seems only to be concerned with the pope and gays, there is a lot more going on here. Pope Francis answered questions on a stream of “hot-button” Catholic issues, including (translating the politely coded language) female ordination, divorce, abortion and contraception. And as before, there were comments in this latest interview that have a lot of people worried.

I know (from the flurry of emails and Facebook messages I received) that I am not the only one who noticed that he talked about contraception and Humanae Vitae, for example, in the same way that Cardinal Kasper talked the other day about the indissolubility of marriage: that it is a wonderful, unchangeable doctrine of the Faith, “prophetic” and given to us by the highest possible authorities…but…

Did I feel a faint whisper of Winnipeg’s cold breeze blowing in my ear when I read this?

It all depends on how the text of ‘Humanae Vitae’ is interpreted. Paul VI himself, towards the end, recommended to confessors much mercy and attention to concrete situations…The object is not to change the doctrine, but it is a matter of going into the issue in depth and to ensure that the pastoral ministry takes into account the situations of each person and what that person can do.

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6 comments:

Fr Paul of Niagara said...

Yeah. sure. But more importantly, what's happening to Michael Voris? Is he going neo-catholic?

BillyHW said...

I don't think it's just the smoke of Satan, anymore.

BillyHW said...

Hey did you hear the Dalai Lama came out in favour of gay marriage?

I guess he was getting jealous of all the attention our first humble pope is getting.

Felix said...

The Dalai Lama used to say Buddhism teaches that homosexual acts are wrong and that Buddhists should accept this. But he added that this teaching wasn't for non-Buddhists.

BillyHW said...

What a brilliant way to get Hollywood morons to stop converting to Buddhism. Pure genius.

Seraphic said...

So he thought it was true for Buddhists, but not for non-Buddhists? Bad for Buddhists to commit sex acts on members of their own sex, okay for everyone else?

Is this like it being bad for trad Catholics to follow their own consciences, but not for atheists?

--Dorothy