That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
No one is forced to be a Christian. But no one should be forced to live according to the "new religion" as though it alone were definitive and obligatory for all mankind.
It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops. We must really make an effort to change this.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
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.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
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