The fascinating part is he has ME questioning and reexamining and rethinking MY faith, even though I am not Catholic.
To me, that is awe inspiring AND just about the definition of what he should be doing for his Church, and for the world. On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:50 AM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: > > He's been great. From personally calling the single-mother-to-be that had > written him, to suggesting....finally...that celibacy amongst priests is > NOT part of church doctrine, but instead a stupid traditional practice that > needs to end. ("stupid traditional practice" were my words :) > > Also his comments on homosexuality have been encouraging, especially the > "who am i to judge?" comment awhile back. > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 10:42 AM, Jerry Milo Johnson <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > Actually, I submit he is _biblically_ conservative, and he is correct > that > > the recent negative focus has harmed the church. > > > > So far, he is my kind of pope. > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > Here's the full article. > > > > > > > > > http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/world/europe/pope-bluntly-faults-churchs-focus-on-gays-and-abortion.html?pagewanted=1&_r=0&smid=tw-share > > > > > > It appears that the guy the conclave elected was not the conservative > > they > > > hoped for. > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 11:35 AM, Larry C. Lyons < > [email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > Just saw this tweet > > > > > > > > What a remarkable man. MT @lauriegnyt < > https://twitter.com/lauriegnyt > > >: > > > > Pope says church too “obsessed” w/abortion, gay marriage & > > contraception. > > > > http://t.co/07HWEfaE2d <http://t.co/07HWEfaE2d> > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > > > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Larry C. Lyons > > > web: http://www.lyonsmorris.com/lyons > > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryclyons > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:367244 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
