Ed Peters makes it very clear: Pope Francis doesn't really get it.
In fact, it required three short posts for Peters to demonstrate his point. And a fourth to admonish H.H. for his ill-chosen slam-language on priests.
Meantime, a bloglodyte suggests that a certain nearby priest doesn't get it, either. We agree with the bloglodyte. "Teaching" happens in lots of ways. Pp. Francis is--at the least--teaching us that sloppy, ill-informed language is acceptable from the highest moral authority on Earth.
It ain't.
.....but Peter has the keys?
ReplyDelete.....And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it. 19I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven....
Umnnhhhh.....that passage does not imply that the Pope can change Divine Law. He and all other priests may "loose" sins, of course. And the Pope is the supreme legislator, thus he can change Canon law. But his changes to Canon law may not contradict nor abrogate God's law.
ReplyDeleteI resisted being overtly critical of Pope Francis for quite awhile. It is now to the point where there is nothing he has to say that I want to hear. I fear he is leading the faithful astray and debasing the office of the Papacy. There is no excuse for it.
ReplyDeleteLaudato Si was garbage. Mitis Iudex was a knee-jerk reaction to complaints (some valid…) about the annulment process. Amoris Laetitia isn’t much better – verbose, scattershot, misleading. Any good to be found in his words is overwhelmed by his loose language, insults and name-calling.
I don’t need it!
I was hoping that we had a pope who was not afraid to stand up to German money...
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