Pope against Liberation Theology

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Come on!

Doesn't Pope Ratso look EXACTLY like a damn vampire?

I'll give you that...

I detested so many of John Paul II's policies and stances--especially the continued misogynistic doctrines, but damn if he doesn't look really good in comparison.

But Pope Ratso just looks like Evil Incarnate.


Quick, Robin! To The Pope Cave!

(Pope) Benedict said the church was not a political ideology or a social system. Latter in his speech, the Holy Father reiterated his command that Catholics who hold legislative or government policy positions must, at the peril of their immortal souls, legislate and enforce Catholic doctrines regarding abortion, birth control and same-sex marriage.

:eyes:

Great point!

This past week there was a story about Ratzenberg's trip to South America in the paper. He's trying to rescue the church from the pentescostals (like Pat Robertson) who are growing while the Catholic church is shrinking.

Well, Jesus Christ, what did he think was going to happen to the church in Latin America when he was doing everything he could to silence people like Boff who were trying to get the church to reflect the interests of the millions of poor rather than the oligarchs and the despots?

Trust instead in the grouchy noodlings of a sexless old goat who alone can tell you when it's permissible to mate!

His predecessor was quoted as saying that married couples should not lust after one another, instead they should focus on the baby they will bring to life by copulating.

This entire religion is in dire need of psychological intervention!

The bulk of the money raised by Mother Teresa went to expand her religious order, and not for those under her care.

Latin America has suffered the consequences of the Catholic Church doing that.

Democratic Party?

A lot of Catholics who had been voting GOP swung back to the Dems in 2006 and the Dems need us in 2008, but all the people who've posted in this thread want to do is shit on Catholics. Maybe you like losing elections. . .

Church policies, not Catholics.... Given my own long term ties to this religion, I can tell you that you are making far too many assumptions.

The fact is that Ratzinger WAS a member of the Nazi youth... My pointing this out was not an attack on Catholicism, but a point of FACT. http://www.archelaos.com/popes/details.aspx?id=304 and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Youth


Perhaps he never embraced any of the ideology, given his young age, but one can only assume it would have some impact on his views towards Marxism, certainly. Given that in his own autobiography, he never downplayed his belonging to the Nazi Youth, nor suggested being "forced" to join, his implying that now, rings a bit hollow. FUrther, given that more Catholics are to be found in Latin America--who have never been represented in choice of Pope--Ratzinger's choice as Pope WAS and IS controversial. I disagreed with many of John Paul II's positions, but never doubted that he had compassion and concern for the poor of South and Central America. With Ratzinger, I do not have the same confidence.

It is this reluctance to examine the problems in the Catholic Church, that drove ME away.

So if the the Pope comes out and says "String up the Jesus-killlin' Jews! Castrate the homosexuals! Let's turn Western Europe into a Catholic theocracy!", everyone keep quiet. Remember, we've got an election to win.

:sarcasm:

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Outraged Indian leaders in Brazil said on Monday they were offended by Pope Benedict's "arrogant and disrespectful" comments that the Roman Catholic Church had purified them and a revival of their religions would be a backward step.

In a speech to Latin American and Caribbean bishops at the end of a visit to Brazil, the Pope said the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the Americas.

They had welcomed the arrival of European priests at the time of the conquest as they were "silently longing" for Christianity, he said.

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Even the Catholic Church's own Indian advocacy group in Brazil, known as Cimi, distanced itself from the Pope. "The Pope doesn't understand the reality of the Indians here, his statement was wrong and indefensible," Cimi advisor Father Paulo Suess told Reuters. "I too was upset."

Definitely NO John Paul II :eyes: Pope John Paul spoke in 1992 of mistakes in the evangelization of native peoples of the Americas.

Pope Benedict not only upset many Indians but also Catholic priests who have joined their struggle, said Sandro Tuxa, who heads the movement of northeastern tribes.

"We repudiate the Pope's comments," Tuxa said. "To say the cultural decimation of our people represents a purification is offensive, and frankly, frightening.

http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSN1428799220070514?feedType=RSS&rpc=22

The bible tells slaves to endure their lot happily and all will be rewarded in heaven. I believe it was the he-man, woman-hater Paul who contributed little nugget of "wisdom".

Just throwin' that out there.

Julie