Ok, everyone, listen up. There is no longer any doubt: Pope Francis is definitely Catholic! And completely orthodox on sexual morality! At the end of the Synod, he will beatify Pope Paul VI, author of Humanae Vitae. This action leaves no doubt at all where the Holy Father stands. He absolutely does not have to beatify Paul VI. His doing so will be a major-league thorn in the side to the self-styled “progressives” and “reformers.” He is “sealing the deal” on Church teaching on contraception by beatifying Paul VI.
Besides all that, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI attended the ceremony. The liberal world loves to hate Benedict, and has tried to create a “narrative” which opposes the “good guy” Francis to the “bad guy” Benedict. Actually, they are on the same team. They may be playing “good cop, bad cop” as a strategy, as parents must sometimes do with recalcitrant children. But there is no doubt at all that these Holy Fathers are united.
People, do not allow yourself to be triangulated by media games pitting Pope Emeritus against the current Pope. Do not allow yourself to be sucked into the liberal spin machine vortex, by repeating their narrative. They have enough outlets for telling their story, don’t you think?
Get behind Pope Francis. Spread this word as far as you can, in as positive a manner as you can. Church teaching is not changing. We still believe that human sexuality is a great gift from God, that it is deeply meaningful, and that we are not to demean that act by deliberately separating the unitive and the procreative aspects of the sexual act.
Thank the Father, Son and Holy Spirit that we will continue to witness to this beautiful truth, when all the world is teaching the opposite: “A good society must strive to separate sex from procreation and both from marriage. Sex has no intrinsic meaning, only the meaning we happen to assign to it. We ourselves are nothing but meaningless atoms, bumping into each other at random in the cosmos, for no particular reason at all.”
If you have a Facebook page, you are a member of the New Media. If you have a blog, you are a member of the New Media. Use your microphone to make it clear: the Catholic Church will not be changing its doctrine on sexual morality. If Francis had plans to do so, there is simply no way he would even mention the prophetic voice of Paul VI, much less take steps to canonize him.
BTW, if you are not sure whether Paul VI was prophetic, read paragraph 17 of Humanae Vitae. Think about the “one child” policy in China, and realize that Paul VI predicted this type of human rights abuse in 1968.
I realize that Dr. Morse's viewpoint is not the only one out there. Some people are afraid that the Church is "giving way" by even considering certain questions. But I so see it that way. I'm more in line with Fr. Longnecker's take on the synod, and he has criticized the Pope's style in the past.
So please fire away in the comments, and don't hold anything back, man.
IMO, it is always best to avoid the ADD-style reporting on doings of the Church, and take the long view. For example, having a crisis of faith over an interim report of a meeting yet in progress is meaningless, and makes one look foolish.
ReplyDeleteAnd while we can't help but react negatively to some of these questions being considered -- it may just be that we sometimes need to be challenged, lest we become God in our own mind. Pope Francis has a special talent for this (see Evangelii Gaudium.
IOW, I agree with Pauli.
DeleteI sooo wish I had not clicked on that "crisis of faith" link.
DeleteI don;t get it. Rod Dreher has embraced a church that accepts multiple divorces/remarriages and artificial contraception. Who the hayell is *he* to get his knickers in a twist over Cardinal Kasper's proposals (which, by the bye, have gone nowhere)?
What a sorry, bitter little man.
He now has another post up about it too, Diane ("from Catholic to Orthodox"). When people in comments have called out the incoherence of it all, he's mostly just huffed and shot back something snarky that doesn't really answer the question. But it's a completely valid and honestly, essential question. How can he carry on like the sky is falling and any minute there will be same sex marriages in the Sistine Chapel because there was a debate on pastoral practices around divorce, when his church already allows remarriage and more? How can someone leave over divorce/remarriage to a church that does the same exact thing? I'm honestly stumped by the hysteria and the idea that Orthodoxy is the answer to it.
DeleteCailleachbhan, none of us over here get it; it's good to hear that his present commentators are starting to point out his incoherence.
DeleteWe pointed out his reflexive tendencies years ago. All these disorders are based on his obsession with the Catholic faith and his love-hate relationship with it.