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The word Catholic is derived from the Greek word katholikos (universal).
Catholics are members of the Roman Catholic Church and is the most common denomination in the Christian world. Catholics claim that this movement was founded by Peter, one of Jesus' first apostles.
my favorite is second john paulWhat do you think of Pope Francis, the spiritual leader of the Catholic world?
I am Catholic but don’t go to church. I think the Pope is a good guy but he needs to purify the church and rid it of the pedophile shackles as I would call it that it has on now from past and current sins. The church is weaker because of the sin/crimes that happened and that haven’t been purged. Turn the pedo priest in.
Secondly, the church 400-800 years ago was very involved in art which connected it with people. The church needs to reconnect with people via art, the internet, social connections with the community beyond church walls. It is too insulated and needs to connect more to bring the messages needed to be brought.
He needs to lead these efforts but I feel the time has past for him to do so. Perhaps the next Pope will.
u I love and respect him as the Sovereign Pontiff. Unless and until a future pope says otherwise, he is the valid successor of Peter the Apostle.
With that being said, I think he is one of the worst, if not the worst pope the Church has ever had. I miss the earlier days of his pontificate when he took a more simple and less academic approach and emphasized charity and compassion.
As time has gone on though, he has really shown himself to be very bitter, angry, and hateful. According to Vatican insiders, he appears kind, warm, and welcoming, but that only lasts as long as the cameras are turned on. He has been observed to be incredibly arrogant and to explode in fits of childish and foul-mouthed rage when things don't go his way. The former head of the Jesuits adamantly opposed then-Father Bergoglio's appointment as a bishop for that reason, among others.
He's also said a lot of things which are theologically dubious at best. His hatred for the Traditional Latin Mass and those who attend it (like yours truly) is discouraging at best. He, like many other so-called "progressives", has a contempt for age-old wisdom and customs that can at best be described as extreme and, more importantly, arbitrary.
And let's just address the elephant in the room. He has an affection and preference for sexual predators (or their defenders and enablers) that van at best be described as disturbing and vomit-inducing. As a few examples, I'd recommend people look up cases like those of Theodore McCarrick, Marko Rupnik, Julio Grassi, and Robert McElroy/Rachel Mastrogiacomo. He is not the trail-blazing reformer on sex abuse that he's often billed as. Just the opposite.
It will suffice to say for now that I believe that history will judge him very harshly. I hope and pray that he has a conversion of heart, I really do. But until then, there are things people need to know, and none of this is private. All of this is public record. If however someone were still to ask me if they should convert and become Catholic, I would still say yes. Popes come and go (I suspect and sincerely hope that Francis' successor will be more conservative and orthodox; Vatican insiders also suspect so), but the Church and her doctrines are true and will remain until the end of time.
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u Watch this short video clip on what the pope is doing on YouTube
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3R2TUK5HZ04
@Iron_Man Yes, I am fully aware of this. I wrote an entire MyTake on it...
A Catholic's Response to the Recent Decree on the Blessing of Same-Sex Relationships ↗
I believe in God, but I despise the 10,000 religions. The pope is meaningless to me. He should go get a job.
She already has a job, is the spiritual leader of the Catholic world, director of the world's oldest institution, and has done a lot of charity work internationally.
That's meaningless to me. I know a young guy who was molested by priests. Now he's a convicted pedophile
Thank you exactly the catholic church is disgusting.
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Well, you stirred up all the religion haters and got them all frothing at the mouth.
I caught part of an interview with Pope Francis and he seems to be a very devout Christian and a lover of all that is good in this world. He is certainly not one of the bad ones.
I agree with you and Pope Francis is a compassionate person.
He blesses homosexual "marriage" which the Bible condemns as one of the worst possible sins and specifically states that people who do it "shall not inherit the kingdom of God."
@SeekerOfTruth007 I have heard enough crap out of you on other posts and will not engage with you any more.
Not my pope. As a traditionalist, I absolutely despise him and think he has damaged the church and created division. He hates the latin mass despite the fact that the latin mass has been the mass of the all the famous saints. Is he greater than those saints? Absolutely not.
He wanted to continue to "modernize" the church, like Vatican II, with all his liberal teachings but all it did was push people away further. Churches are emptier more than ever. But the traditionalists are growing in number. Latin masses are absolutely full to the brim while the Novus Ordo is full of dying old women. Traditional latin seminaries are also full whereas the liberal ones are begging for more priests.
THIS RIGHT HERE very useful information resource thank you Sir youare absolutely correct. The pope is a false Phropet.
He seems to be a good man, and it's good that the Church, which is a worldwide organization, finally has a Pope from somewhere other than Europe.
I agree
The concept of a Pope does not appear in the Bible. If you want to be a Christian, The Book of Hebrews tells you Jesus of Nazareth is the "High Priest", not a mortal man.
Since the concept of a Pope does not appear in the Bible, that means the Pope is a False Prophet.
Besides, Christianity is wrong in and of itself. "God is not a man," (Numbers 23:19)
Either way, the Pope is a false prophet.
No one declared the pope a prophet, she is the representative of the prophet Jesus
the concept of a chapel, steeple, pew, church bells, wedding rings, etc are not in the Bible either.
The Pope is the successor to Peter, who Jesus placed in charge of His church
@OtterMan68 No he didn't. Peter got corrected several times by Paul because Peter was a racist.
Matthew 16:19
19 Peter, I give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.
With Peter’s confession that Jesus is the Anointed One, the foundation of the church is laid.
@OtterMan68 lol. That says no such thing. Besides, Jesus doesn't have that authority to give and neither does Peter. God is Almighty, not Jesus nor Peter.
You don't know your own religion. The Pope claims to hear directly from God and regularly speaks as though a Prophetic office. That's the whole alleged point of their being a Pope.
Of course, they are all liars, so they are all false prophets.
@OtterMan68
Rabbi Tovia Singer destroys William Lane Craig on the topic of the Trinity of God.
https://youtu.be/vK2-VlSXrbQ?si=awTBKXipjZAlTlWR
All Christians are false prophets.
where did you get that info?
You are1000 % correct yes I agree he is a false prophet.
He is useless to society. I seriously can not understand why you crazy catholics idolized this individual no he is not a God he a sinner a simple normal human like you and I. I can't stand pope Francis. I am ex catholic here and I testified the catholic chruch is false. I don't care if you hate or get mad at my comment. Catholics arebthe worst.
I believe that he is not a man of God I believe he's a wolf in sheep's clothing possibly the false prophet the Bible talks about. Concerning this guy play like A Flock of Seagulls I ran So far away
The pope does not see himself as a prophet, he is a representative of Jesus
Jesus was a false prophet. He claimed to be God in the Flesh, but Numbers 23:19 states that "GOD IS NOT A MAN... NOR A SON OF MAN."
If the pump is supposed to represent Jesus he's failing miserably. He contradicts the words of Jesus
@SeekerOfTruth007 Jesus was who he said he was. God the father is not a man, have you heard of the trinity , Father Son and Holy Spirit God is on my present that means he's everywhere at all times so that's how he could be in heaven while the Son of God Jesus on Earth is praying to him.
Jews wrote the Torah and Prophets and they reject the Trinity. Isaiah did not prophesy a virgin born messiah. He said his YOUNG WOMAN wife would bear a son named Emmanuel, isaiah's son, and the context shows that was a sign to Israel, nothing about a future virgin born Jesus saving the world.
Christianity is totally rejected by the Jews as being Blasphemy.
@SeekerOfTruth007 yes the majority of Jews reject Jesus as the Messiah they're still waiting on the Messiah to show up that's why they're going to be fooled by the Antichrist but they eventually will come around when the Antichrist declares himself to be God in the temple
Thank you Sir. You are correct I agree with you. This individual is almost sheep.
@SeekerOfTruth007 so you put your faith in jews? That will not go well for you
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He does not represent Jesus I can assure you of that if anything the poop is Anti Christ
@SeekerOfTruth007 that is straight blasphemy what you just said. READ THE BOOK OF JOHN! In the beginning the word was with God and the word WAS GOD... And the word became flesh
@Alwayreckles93 it used to be football and Denver broncos
They are lame ass and not Christian. Their killing of Indian children in their schools show that.
@Red_Arrow The Pope speaks for all Catholics, so they are all "they".
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I really don't know.. He seemed like a kind and compassionate person to me (he has been speaking out against the Palestinian genocide and calling for a ceasefire since November), so I'm shocked BCRanger10's reply. He's a devout Catholic and knows a lot about the Catholic church, so he's probably right
There was a pope who someone tried to assassinate. When the pope sruvived he forgave the prisoner and the prisoner turned to God. I think he knew what he was doing
Yes, the person who attempted the assassination is Turkish name Mehmet Ali Ağca and John Paul forgave her, that's why she is my favorite pope, forgiving, merciful, reconciliatory.
Well, the Bible says that if you do not forgive others, than you will not be forgiven either.
If that person turned to the Catholic faith then he wasn't saved.
@Red_Arrow You won't know that until Judgement Day when the books are all opened that have records of everything you said or did are. Hmm, what will they say about you? 🤔😏
@Daniela1982 You are 100% Correct
You catholics never read the Bible.
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He, It, Them mean absolutely Diddley Swat to me.
What?
The Emperor Palpatine jokes don't work as well for him as they did for Benedict.
So we're just left with the old classics about fiddling choir-boys and his popemobile.
As a Catholic, I consider him to be the Vicar of Christ.
He is shit compared to Jesus. Jesus is the Son of God. The Pope is jack shit and is not even Christian. Just a name and rank. They will get judged on the last days.
@Daniela1982 Wow, you seem angry. Is anyone truly worthy of Jesus? And Catholics believe Christ is the son of God. Everyone will be judged, including popes. And of course, he is Christian, because he is Catholic, and the Catholic Church is le largest and oldest branch of Christianity.
Why? I seriously can not warp my head around why you catholics idolizedthis individual. Heis not God hebis a simple normal human like you and I. God men yeah right. Let me know if you what mentosharebwth you scriptures. Religion doesn't say you.
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I think he's an excellent Pope and I've been alive since Pope John XXIII.
Whatever he thinks about me? I think the same about him!
The Vatican should be invaded by western forces, have their loot liquidated and given to all their child sex victims.
Yes, a group of priests committed child abuse, but there is no point in blaming the Vatican directly. There are bad apples everywhere in the world, so it's not worth throwing away the bag.
@elaphe The Vatican is jack shit
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Uhh popes literally hid abusive priests.
www.cbsnews.com/.../
Jp 2 was accused, not convicted. There is a difference. He is now a saint and would not be one if he had aided and abetted child abusers. It also doesn't change the fact that The Vatican City State is a sovereign country under international law and invading it would violate international law.
@Red_Arrow he did and JP2 hid pedophile priests. But to your point neither had a trial.
Hitler had a trial, just by the world instead of a court, and he committed suicide to avoid being blown to bits.
John Paul 2 was accuse by the Polish government of covering up child abuse by the church. That was the government trying to make the Catholic Church look bad since the Church opposed the tyranny of that government. There was NO proof of JP2 trying to hide any sexual crimes. Further, When JP2 became Pope, he he led drafting and putting in place one of the most important constitutions of the contemporary Catholic Church, the 1983 Code of Canon Law, which, among many things, began an effort to curb sexual abuse in the Catholic Church He did NOT hide sexual abuse in the church and led the effort to get rid of it. One person cannot do it all, but he certainly did a lot to root out the abuser, just the opposite of what you claim!
@Red_Arrow The canon law didn’t seem to work well if just looking at stats.
But did JP2 save Bernard Law from jail in Boston over covering up sex abuse? Did he provide cover for his biggest fundraiser, Legionnaires of Christ, the guy who raped so much he had kids and raped them too?
John Paul II didn't try to cover anything up, and Pope Francis approved the resignation of an abusive Indian priest and the priest was put on trial.
The Vatican backed the Inquisition, the Crusades, killed Indian children in their schools, and a lot more. They are far from being Christian. They are of Satan and are controlled by him.
One guy just died in Rome.
www.nytimes.com/.../cardinal-bernard-law-dead.html
Yes, but what if the Vatican covered it all up? Can they be trusted to always tell the truth? I think not!
Asker interesting I mean Francis would say hey today is a nice day to jump off a bridge go on do it. I bet you are blind to do so. Just because pipe told you to do so.
Popes - they come, and they go.
I don't waste time thinking about a specific one.
He's a good humble pope but his mindset somehow contradicts our faith, so my favorite pope will always be "John Paul 2"
May he R. I. P
Far, FAR better than I expected given his former closeness with the Argentine junta of the 80's.
They are Satanists... research what's in the basement of the Vatican...
A useless old fart.
The Pope is a very powerful and holy leader and the Vatican rules the world.
He is a man of compassion and humility
I do not think anything
Best of a bad lot.
Just another weirdo in a pointed hat.
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