Blackrook
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Will there be a rebellion within the Catholic Church?
This Pope, so beloved to liberals and secularists, is causing a firestorm of criticism among the more traditional faithful, including one Cardinal who was demoted for speaking his mind.
But conservative Catholics have no where to go. One of their foundations is that the Pope is infallible, and should not be openly criticized by faithful Catholics.
So conservative Catholics are breaking their own rules. Where can this lead, but total chaos?
The Church can easily survive while liberal Catholics bash the Church and all its teachings, as it has done for decades, but can it withstand it when conservatives are the ones tearing down the roof?
If the Catholic Church cannot depend on its conservative ranks for stability and faithfulness, who then is left?
The situation is far more serious than outsiders may suspect.
My father, a devout Catholic, said today that this Pope is the worst in his lifetime.
That's saying a lot, because that makes him worse than John XXIII, who made so many changes with Vatican II that he is the boogeyman of Popes for conservative Catholics.
This Pope, so beloved to liberals and secularists, is causing a firestorm of criticism among the more traditional faithful, including one Cardinal who was demoted for speaking his mind.
But conservative Catholics have no where to go. One of their foundations is that the Pope is infallible, and should not be openly criticized by faithful Catholics.
So conservative Catholics are breaking their own rules. Where can this lead, but total chaos?
The Church can easily survive while liberal Catholics bash the Church and all its teachings, as it has done for decades, but can it withstand it when conservatives are the ones tearing down the roof?
If the Catholic Church cannot depend on its conservative ranks for stability and faithfulness, who then is left?
The situation is far more serious than outsiders may suspect.
My father, a devout Catholic, said today that this Pope is the worst in his lifetime.
That's saying a lot, because that makes him worse than John XXIII, who made so many changes with Vatican II that he is the boogeyman of Popes for conservative Catholics.