Pope says abortion is murder US bishops should not be political
Headline basically sums it’s up
Ngl, dunno if this is really helpful statement
In that does this decisively states authoritatively what should be done
Well besides abortion is murder apparently
"Pope says abortion is "murder" but U.S. bishops should not be political"
Your summary of the headline was slightly confusing.
"Pope Francis said on Wednesday that abortion is "murder", even soon after conception, but appeared to criticise some U.S. Catholic bishops for dealing with U.S. President Joe Biden's pro-choice position in a political rather than pastoral way."
Edited by DeMarquis on Sep 16th 2021 at 10:17:09 AM
I'm done trying to sound smart. "Clear" is the new smart.So, is this a Catholic Church-only thing? “La Palma volcano: Residents hold procession praying for eruption to end”
As a connoisseur of volcanoes I know that eruptions at Etna and Vesuvius also had religious ceremonies imploring God to halt the events. But I don't think I've heard of any other religion doing this, except Hawaiians.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard FeynmanEh, Catholic processions can be held depending on the circumstances -which I think these eruptions might merit-, rural or small communities tend to do this more often than their urban counterparts, if only because they are more devoted.
Not that urban processions are not a thing, the Lord of the Miracles is a famous one in Lima for instance, but they are not exactly as common because urban people tend to be less religious and/or because it's not considered appropiate.
Instead of focusing on relatives that divide us, we should find the absolutes that tie us.Edited by tclittle on Jun 20th 2022 at 10:06:58 AM
"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."Pope Francis has now openly acknowledged the rumors of his retirement,
saying that while "it is not a taboo" for the Pope to step down and he'll do so if he thinks it's necessary, he doesn't believe he's there yet.
Edited by nrjxll on Jul 30th 2022 at 3:08:07 AM
Part of it is that he was stripped of his position for "blasphemous communication" - that is, he put an aborted fetus on an altar. He's also been consistently disobeying instructions from his bishop to cut the shit out, including direct defiance of the Vatican's position that abortion to save the life of the mother is permissible.
I suspect that question played a role in his expulsion from the priesthood. Even with the bar as low as it is, someone engaging in corpse desecration inside a church is pretty shocking.
“And the Bunny nails it!” ~ Gabrael “If the UN can get through a day without everyone strangling everyone else so can we.” ~ CyranAnd setting it on the alter of a church is not only straight up blasphemy, it also harkens back to folk depictions of what a "Satanic Mass" would look like. In other words, what Mr. Pavone did was profane to basically the highest extent.
Not to mention, again, desecration, disobeying the Vatican, etc.
The awful things he says and does are burned into our cultural consciousness like a CRT display left on the same picture too long. -Fighteer@fredhot16: The question has indeed been asked; ex-father Pavone has told contradictory stories as to how he obtained it—there's some suspicion that it's actually a normal miscarried fetus that he outright bought for the purpose. See Mary Pezullo's Steel Magnificat blog for her research on the topic.
If I understand correctly, the "altar" in that photo appears not to have been genuine, much less consecrated. That stunt of his notwithstanding, the reason for Pavone's laicization was set out clearly: several well-documented cases of disobedience to the legitimate orders of his direct ecclesiastical superior. I'd recommend praying for the fellow.
Catholic Church's membership aside is it considered a fedaral crime to desecrate a corpse in the USA? And if so is the only reason he's not being charged is that foetuses are not considered equal to a corpse? (To be clear not being passive aggressive -pointing out his hypocrisy)
Edited by Gaiazun on Dec 27th 2022 at 11:27:59 AM

Orban would listen to that about as much as American white supremacists would listen to a Native American telling them to go back home and leave America for the Americans.