Pure prayer politics

[SecularMotion]

The Catholic Church would benefit from moderation and ideological unity.

In August, Pope Francis alluded to the increasing liberalization of the Catholic Church’s adherents by saying that the church can’t afford to focus on social issues “all the time.”

To those who read the interview in full, it becomes clear that Francis’ comment stemmed not from an ambitious desire to reverse Catholic opinion on social issues such as contraception, marriage equality and abortion — “The teaching of the church,” Francis asserted, “is clear” — but rather from the need to avoid alienating the devout and any potential converts. His words constitute a reactive, not a liberal, message that is designed to protect the Vatican’s interests.

More questionable than the message’s intent, however, is the manner in which the Catholic bureaucracy will interpret the pope’s call to action.

John Nienstedt, archbishop of Minneapolis and St. Paul, serves as a good example of how the message could be lost in translation.

http://www.mndaily.com/opinion/columns/2013/09/30/pure-prayer-politics

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1. Lol, Francis is really getting under your skin.

[cbayer]

2. Recommend comments section to this article.

[trotsky]

3. Absolutely.

Confirms what many of us have been saying about the new pope's lip service.

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4. There are only 5 comments there, nothing remotely calling it lip service.

In fact, they're all right wing.

Maybe you meant this one.

raymarshall
2 days ago
Thank you for acknowledging that Satan is employed at Planned Parenthood 9 to 5. He thanks you. He doesn't get enough credit these days. Tell your pals about it. One million abortions of babies a year is his record for US abortion clinics.