He signed a letter last year from the CDF with a very clear message to the German Bishops You cannot bless Same Sex marriages. That is a pretty clear message, Francis seems to be more ok with dissent from both the right and the left.
Ryan. Are you a parent? Being a parent and being a shepherd are very similar. Those in moral positions of authority who fall silent, when faced with a moral challenge, are by default giving consent.
Giving consent to what? In the grand scheme of things do I really care about what some crazy Bishop or Priest is doing no. If it was happening at my Parish or Diocese I would say something, but it isnтАЩt. The German Bishop wrote to Rome and they were told publicly that they canтАЩt bless disordered relationships. If you want the Pope to do more than write to them, you also have no idea what the Holy Father has done privately.
ThatтАЩs his major flaw. His position as Vicar of Christ, is not a private one. It is public like the public command to evangelize the world. He has failed to reaffirm the faith handed down from the apostles so many times heтАЩs become an absent father.
Defy Francis from the "left" and you get a seat on his C9 Cardinal advisers. Defy him on the "right" and you get TC. I'm not sure what you're talking about with regards to this pope's tolerance for dissent.
Of course right and left are political terms that don't really belong here. It's more proper to say that if you are ideologically aligned with him, he will allow dissent. If not, you will be isolated or silenced.
How you can conclude that the pope has done a pretty good job is perplexing. His silence in the face of heretical bishops is deafening.
He signed a letter last year from the CDF with a very clear message to the German Bishops You cannot bless Same Sex marriages. That is a pretty clear message, Francis seems to be more ok with dissent from both the right and the left.
ThatтАЩs clear?! I have a bridge to sell you.
Ryan. Are you a parent? Being a parent and being a shepherd are very similar. Those in moral positions of authority who fall silent, when faced with a moral challenge, are by default giving consent.
Giving consent to what? In the grand scheme of things do I really care about what some crazy Bishop or Priest is doing no. If it was happening at my Parish or Diocese I would say something, but it isnтАЩt. The German Bishop wrote to Rome and they were told publicly that they canтАЩt bless disordered relationships. If you want the Pope to do more than write to them, you also have no idea what the Holy Father has done privately.
ThatтАЩs his major flaw. His position as Vicar of Christ, is not a private one. It is public like the public command to evangelize the world. He has failed to reaffirm the faith handed down from the apostles so many times heтАЩs become an absent father.
Defy Francis from the "left" and you get a seat on his C9 Cardinal advisers. Defy him on the "right" and you get TC. I'm not sure what you're talking about with regards to this pope's tolerance for dissent.
Of course right and left are political terms that don't really belong here. It's more proper to say that if you are ideologically aligned with him, he will allow dissent. If not, you will be isolated or silenced.