tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post4428150497065785565..comments2024-03-11T13:16:19.098-04:00Comments on Ad Orientem: Is the Catholic Church Inching Towards "Open Communion?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-23789535138625809522016-07-03T11:44:14.489-04:002016-07-03T11:44:14.489-04:00This Pope doesn't openly repeal traditional ch...This Pope doesn't openly repeal traditional church discipline or doctrine. He subverts them by making it clear that no unpleasant consequences attach to these kinds of actions. He encourages people to break the rules or preach "conscience" over church teaching and thus effectively accomplishes what he knows he cannot do directly.John (Ad Orientem)https://www.blogger.com/profile/14329907942477160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-6487306420987518522016-07-03T00:47:33.363-04:002016-07-03T00:47:33.363-04:00And if I had a dime for every time over the last f...And if I had a dime for every time over the last forty years I was assured that a pope was just about to do something (including all those things that John Paul I was just about to do when he was murdered by the Vatican mafia) I could retire now.<br /><br />Can you imagine what bloggers would have written about Jesus had the internet then been up and running? "He says he's not changing on adultery, but he obviously doesn't favor doing anything about it."<br /><br />The remarkable thing to me is that the secular mainstream press and the conservative/traditionalist web sites are in full agreement about Pope Francis. Both agree he's just chomping at the bit to conform the Church to the progressive agenda. They only differ in whether that's a matter of hope or fear.rick allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07612435616018593956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-782562466832966832016-07-02T23:16:11.002-04:002016-07-02T23:16:11.002-04:00He's a good hearted parish priest who needs to...He's a good hearted parish priest who needs to be kept in check by his bishop. Except he's the bishop.The Anti-Gnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04386593803225823789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25740524.post-66334682655463413172016-07-02T18:14:04.456-04:002016-07-02T18:14:04.456-04:00I think he has a good heart, but he needs to step ...I think he has a good heart, but he needs to step down as soon as possible. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com