“If you believe what you like in the Gospels, and reject what you don’t like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself.”
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
For many people today, practical atheism is the normal rule of life...If this attitude becomes a general existential position, then freedom no longer has any standards, then everyting is possible and permissible.
In proclaiming the faith and in administering the sacraments every priest speaks on behalf of Jesus Christ, for Jesus Christ.
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.
It creeps me out to agree with Kasper on anything, but I would have to agree with him that Bergoglio's silence on contraception revelas that Bergoglio is in favour of it.
However, even in that statement Kasper cannot help but be true to himself and lie.
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
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