(August 5, 2015 at 7:16 pm)Neimenovic Wrote:Quote:Since he was elected in 2013, Francis has said that the church must be more merciful and open, and he has encouraged debate on changing pastoral practices to allow, for example, divorced and remarried Catholics to take Communion.
How nice of him to so mercifully permit those sinful abused spouses to be forgiven after escaping a nightmare! What a progressive man!
Too little too fucking late Frankie. You're still several centuries behind.
So...he gets no credit for making some moves to end a cruel and inhumane custom of the Church?
Not all divorced people are victims of abuse, not all bad marriages are a 'nightmare.' And if you'll read the article a little more closely, you'll see that Francis isn't offering to 'forgive' anyone for divorce and remarriage. His tone is that these people have done nothing to be forgiven for.
He's been Pope for two years. I find it pretty unfair to blame him for the abuses of the past. 'Too little too fucking late.' Really? His only options other than doing what he can with his nightmare of an organisation, a little at a time, are to 1) do nothing, in which you'd vilify him even more than you have, or 2) dismantle the Church overnight, which ain't gonna happen.
Boru
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