One can readily admit that the Magisterium's manner of expression does not seem very easy to understand at times. It needs to be translated by preachers and catechists into a language which relates to people and to their respective cultural environments. The essential content of the Church's teaching, however, must be upheld in this process. It must not be watered down on allegedly pastoral grounds, because it communicates the revealed truth.
Day's Links - 2016-02-20
Submitted by LocutusOP on Sat, 02/20/2016 - 15:28
Day's Links:
Bergoglio speaks, chaos follows; the man is a one-person hurricane.
A few good things from the interview:
A friendship with a woman is not a sin. (It’s) a friendship. A romantic relationship with a woman who is not your wife, that is a sin.
It is good that Bergoglio recognises that fornication and adultery are sins, which to be fair, was not exactly clear. Now, as to what he means by "wife" - given he seems to be a defender of divorce - and what he means by sin - given that he rarely speaks of it and gives the impression that even the sinful can get to Heaven without repentance - that is a discussion for another day. Let it suffice to know that he has knowledge of a concept of sin, and that fornication/adultery are sins.
As to the rest of the interview: Prrof of the impious muddled mind that leads Bergoglio, or if we are willing to accept that his absurdities are intentional, proof of a master schemer.
I am neither amused nor impressed, and nor is any faithful Catholic.
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