(October 25, 2016 at 7:00 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(October 25, 2016 at 6:53 pm)Excited Penguin Wrote: As far as I know, the Vatican isn't instructing anyone to commit atrocities or break the law. So that's not what I meant, nor would I do that or expect moral agents to stand by doing nothing if I did.
You're still not getting it. See my reply to abaris.
Suppose a Catholic couple have been married 50 years, the husband dies. The wife has him cremated and keeps his urn at home. It's what she remembers him by, it keeps her connected to him, and helps her through the hard, lonely times she endures without the man she spend most of her life with. And then the Pope, the Vicar of Christ on Earth, tells her that by keeping this anchor of solace in her home she is a sinner.
Not all atrocities are physical.
Boru
Boru, she is choosing to listen to the Pope, so she shouldn't have a problem doing so. If she does, she can always stop doing it.
