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:367242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
