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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking [View all]cbayer
(146,218 posts)46. Hey, check this out.
http://catholicsformarriageequality.net
The pope does not yet endorse GLBT marriage equality, but he is not supported by all the other priests in the RCC.
Give him time, he might come around just like all those other denominations have.
The pope does not yet endorse GLBT marriage equality, but he is not supported by all the other priests in the RCC.
Give him time, he might come around just like all those other denominations have.
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Pope Francis uses new year mass to condemn slavery and human trafficking [View all]
Eugene
Jan 2015
OP
I've read that some of the classic clown attire in the European tradition were from the same period.
pinto
Jan 2015
#4
Is this an excellent choice too? "Pope says same-sex marriage threatens family"
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#84
The Pope is a Catholic. Catholics, unlike fundamentalists and evangelicals, aren't literalists.
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#61
"Taking a stand against slavery and human trafficking is a very good and very christian thing to do"
cleanhippie
Jan 2015
#85
What is your evidence for that? The Catholic Church does not teach a literalist view of the Bible.
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#62
"the scriptures" have been touched repeatedly over the last 2500 years or so.
Warren Stupidity
Jan 2015
#56
To the contrary: on the subject of gay people, Pope Francis said: "Who am I to judge?"
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#67
He didn't backtrack. The paper produced for the Synod said gay people should be welcomed into
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#72
pnwoman was good enough to provide a direct source. Can you provide one for the "backtracking".
cbayer
Jan 2015
#76
Oh, they probably didn't get your memo that they were supposed to say something about the
cbayer
Jan 2015
#44
The Church teaches that you can't take individual sentences out of context and rely on them to be
pnwmom
Jan 2015
#65
You are a literalist. If you think that incorporating historical context when reading the
cbayer
Jan 2015
#33