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Post by Maolsheachlann on Oct 10, 2019 10:05:42 GMT
Pope Francis planted a tree at the opening of the Amazon synod, prompting some to draw parallels with pagan nature worship. I think some of the criticism of the Pope gets overheated at times. I was rather appalled when I saw the "rituals" surrounding what in fairness is more than a simple tree planting. No one objected to the pope planting trees in the Aras on the last papal visit even though the Irish government had just helped destroy the pro life protection in the constitution a few months prior. I am conscious that we see selective videos on the net but the Vatican seems to have stopped correcting Pope Francis or claiming he is being taken out of context. The Pope seems to have been a little taken back by the rituals and decided not to speak restricting his contribution to the Pater Noster. The wooden figures of the 2 pregnant women bowing to each other in the papal garden seem to have confused the bishops at the following press briefing. They would appear to be some type of feminist emblem. No one has yet claimed they represent Mary and St Elizabeth. In all of this synod it is assumed the Amazonian representatives come in peace and are passive spectators. If I was as oppressed as they are presented I would play up and embarrass my oppressors. This condescending notion that they will not attempt to push their agenda onto a hippy church infatuated with a quasi Marxist theology that has already driven millions into evangelical churches is naive. Why should they respect us when we have ceased respecting our own tradition? Yes, when I said this to a few people they pointed out there was more than tree planting involved. But I was going from a Lifesite News article which seemed fixated on the tree and I didn't know about the other stuff, or that it was as bad as it was.
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Post by Tomas on Oct 10, 2019 10:52:11 GMT
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Post by cato on Oct 10, 2019 18:20:49 GMT
God is getting rusty in the smiting and thunder bolt hurling business.
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Post by cato on Oct 12, 2019 18:26:04 GMT
The allegations by Scalfari Pope Francis favourite left wing atheist journalist that the pope denied the divinity of Christ ( before the crucifixion)in a private interview this week were denied by the Vatican.
Why the pope continues to give interviews to a man who presumably is either A) confused by the subtlety of the papal mind or B) Is maliciously twisting the popes words and is creating the impression the pope is a heretic and a hypocrite is bizarre. Surely this is the last such interview with this journalist.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Oct 15, 2019 11:52:23 GMT
The allegations by Scalfari Pope Francis favourite left wing atheist journalist that the pope denied the divinity of Christ ( before the crucifixion)in a private interview this week were denied by the Vatican. Why the pope continues to give interviews to a man who presumably is either A) confused by the subtlety of the papal mind or B) Is maliciously twisting the popes words and is creating the impression the pope is a heretic and a hypocrite is bizarre. Surely this is the last such interview with this journalist. I wish the discussions would be filmed or recorded.
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Post by Tomas on Oct 15, 2019 13:23:22 GMT
The allegations by Scalfari Pope Francis favourite left wing atheist journalist that the pope denied the divinity of Christ ( before the crucifixion)in a private interview this week were denied by the Vatican. Why the pope continues to give interviews to a man who presumably is either A) confused by the subtlety of the papal mind or B) Is maliciously twisting the popes words and is creating the impression the pope is a heretic and a hypocrite is bizarre. Surely this is the last such interview with this journalist. I wish the discussions would be filmed or recorded. Would you dare watch it?
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Post by cato on Apr 4, 2020 13:49:31 GMT
Pope Francis seems to be giving good symbolic leadership at this time. Apart from one press interview saying nature was getting her revenge he has stopped mess making and has said little but carried out a few powerful symbolic public gestures. On the issue of nature it is strange the pope sounds like some of the madder environmentalists who personify nature. Or maybe it's not so strange.
I was moved by the pope walking through an empty Rome to a medieval shrine with a miraculous cross used to ward off plague in former times and his journey to the shrine of our Lady Saviour of Rome. Sometimes images are enough. He looked distraught and vulnerable. His ubi st orbi to an empty st Peter's square drenched with rain was most poignant. The cross relic was apparently damaged during the rain but the restorers in the Vatican museum are working to repair it.
The Vatican has loosened the rules around general absolution too as many cannot access the traditional one on one mode. I was very disapointed the Irish bishops made no effort to apply this here but that 'll be for another post. This Holy week will be behind closed doors although ironically more people than ever will be watching the Roman ceremonies. It is somewhat appropriate that as we begin passion week our society will also enter into a secular passion as Covid 19 numbers are expected to peak. A secular resurrection is somewhat off however.
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