tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post6959299245432002701..comments2023-08-15T05:58:12.859-05:00Comments on Wannabe Anglican: Is Francis a Liberal Pope?Markhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-54796874742369440022013-09-21T19:09:09.921-05:002013-09-21T19:09:09.921-05:00I am always surprised when the Pope turns out to, ...I am always surprised when the Pope turns out to, you know, be Catholic.<br /><br />The point of the whole kerfluffle, if the interview is actually read, revolves around the idea that it is not moral and dogmatic correctness that leads to salvation, but an encounter with the living Christ. He does not say morality is unimportant, but that it is not the first cause of salvation.<br /><br />As for the right winger comment, I would hope the Pope is not a right winger, nor a left winger, but Catholic, which will never make the right or the left happy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18083997696251544933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-63338694892850173182013-09-20T10:58:13.644-05:002013-09-20T10:58:13.644-05:00Thanks. I'm very glad to read that, James! I...Thanks. I'm very glad to read that, James! I feel slightly better now. Perhaps he realized his words were a bit too open to misinterpretation?<br /><br />wannabeMarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02059920222709764278noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6468413.post-21484945427606178332013-09-20T10:53:09.814-05:002013-09-20T10:53:09.814-05:00But then he came out today with this. Apparently, ...But then he came out today with this. Apparently, he didn't get his own memo.<br /><br />http://www.lifenews.com/2013/09/20/pope-francis-slams-abortion-in-new-comments-unborn-babies-unjustly-condemned/James Gibsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08020891895617539526noreply@blogger.com