I don't believe that Jesus said anything against abortion, contraception, gay marriage or trans-gender people.
Catholic Bishops in the U.S. tend to be among the most conservative, as the U.S. is a bastion of right-wing religion in general. In Europe, people are fed up with centuries of church power. Churches lay idle, and the people are cultural Catholics only. The populace tends to be liberal, and even the practicing Catholics use contraception and consider church edicts to be mere suggestions.
"freedom of believers to live according to their consciences" -- that was about bakers not having to make cakes for gays, and Catholic institutions not having to pay for contraception in healthcare plans. But it would also mean the freedom to say NO to all the crappy church doctrines.
Catholic Bishops in the U.S. tend to be among the most conservative, as the U.S. is a bastion of right-wing religion in general. In Europe, people are fed up with centuries of church power. Churches lay idle, and the people are cultural Catholics only. The populace tends to be liberal, and even the practicing Catholics use contraception and consider church edicts to be mere suggestions.
"freedom of believers to live according to their consciences" -- that was about bakers not having to make cakes for gays, and Catholic institutions not having to pay for contraception in healthcare plans. But it would also mean the freedom to say NO to all the crappy church doctrines.
