Christian Pipe Smokers

+JMJ+ "The Church formerly taught, but no longer teaches, as Gospel-truth …" is one helluva revision. :angry-devil: That is the scandal of Francis's revision, yes. […] Hold yer horses. Before, you were apparently of the opinion that the Catechetical Revision merely represented Francis' per...

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Infinity Gauntlet

+JMJ+ It says "[T]he Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel …" and not "Francis teaches, in the light of his own prudential judgement …". :whistle: […] The text can be restored. It's just the Catechism... not Scripture or a Council or even a Teaching from the Chair. […] "...

+JMJ+ It seems difficult to sustain this reading considering that the Catechetical Revision frames the DP as "Inadmissible in light of the Gospel" — that is, unless the "light of the Gospel" is taken as a mere rule-of-thumb which only applies "when reasonably possible"....

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Limpid Pools

+JMJ+ But that would falsify the foundation and logic of the Church's DP teaching. In the Catechetical Revision, opposition to the DP is not portrayed an extension, consequence, or application of the Right to Life — indeed, unlike abortion, nowhere in the Church's tradition does it say that Capital ...

+JMJ+ After following the Pope's magisterial breadcrumbs for the whole of this pontificate, I think it safe to say that he sees right-thinking regarding the Death Penalty as a gateway to right-thought on any-&-all fundamental Human Rights violations. Newsom may not be quite there yet, but orthod...

+JMJ+ Source: CNBC Link: cnbc DOT com/2024/05/20/international-criminal-court-seeks-arrest-warrants-for-israeli-pm-netanyahu-three-hamas-leaders.html International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, Hamas leaders ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯...

+JMJ+ Source: The Hill Link: thehill DOT com/latino/4673538-pope-francis-denounces-attempts-to-close-southern-border-as-madness/ Pope Francis denounces attempts to close southern border as ‘madness’ ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯ May 19, 2024 — Pope ...

+JMJ+ latimes DOT com/california/story/2024-05-19/newsom-walks-away-from-the-vatican-with-popes-approval-on-death-penalty Curious as to why Francis doesn't see abortion as a death penalty? After following the Pope's magisterial breadcrumbs for the whole of this pontificate, I think it safe to say th...