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The church has been proven guilty, numerous times.
No, the idea that one man can change the way his subordinates and followers think in just one fucking day.
Give the man some time!
No, the idea that one man can change the way his subordinates and followers think in just one fucking day.
Give the man some time!
What does omnipotence have to do with anything? His church says he has the power to change doctrine and that his word is without error, yet he has made no such changes even though it is well within his abilities as the pope to do so. He doesn't have to hold committees and councils and elections and consult advisers if he chooses not to.
Right, he's the infallible leader. Infallible. Infallible. Why can he not simply make change given that his entire organization believes him to be free of error, especially knowing that the church and many of its members are guilty of many terrible things?
Pope Francis urged a group of gynecologists to refuse to perform abortions, one day after admonishing Catholics to stop obsessing about abortions. This is the Pope's pattern: make a media friendly statement to catch attention and admiration, and then reverse that when it comes to policy and doctrine.
Here is Pope Francis on the pedophile crisis: "The Church hierarchy doesn't need new rules on abuse. It needs to follow long-established secular laws." That has not worked out so well, but there is no call for reform here; just more of the same. No meaningful change in doctrine, and no change in policy.
Pope Francis oversaw a new law punishing any Vatican whistle-blower with eight years in prison, which includes anyone who leaks information concerning the "fundamental interests" of the Vatican. This is the opposite of transparency for which the Pope was lauded.
This:
Saying things, even infallible things, doesn't change one of the largest organizations on earth (after Walmart?) in the blink of an eye. For that you need omnipotence.
Perhaps they should have given him some time to earn the "person of the year" award?
As you said before, he's only been there for some months, and has so far said a lot, sure, but lets wait till he practices what he preaches.
-Sideshow Bob"Attempted murder," now honestly, did they ever give anyone a Nobel prize for "attempted chemistry?"