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In reply to the discussion: As a liberal Catholic, my platform for the new pope. [View all]el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)14. nods - but I guess my point - if it is a point of doctrine
than it's a lot harder get. If it's practice than it should be changeable.
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If they would just let priests marry, like they did for the first 325 years of the church...
onehandle
Feb 2013
#5
allowing women priests suddenly opens the priesthood up to over 3 billion more people
charlie and algernon
Feb 2013
#15
There was a popular, liberal South American candidate in the running last time.
onehandle
Feb 2013
#9
the main rational I've heard is it's because Jesus' apostles were all male.
charlie and algernon
Feb 2013
#13
Women were leaders in the early church. The prohibition against women came much later.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#16
A lot of American Catholics are very liberal. Thank you for exerting influence.
yardwork
Feb 2013
#17
I'd love to see someone along the same lines as the late Cardinal Bernadin.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2013
#20
They would assassinate anyone who is too liberal. I believe Pope John the XXIII, who was trying
Cleita
Feb 2013
#27
You can call yourselves "Kumquats," but that won't make you so. Sorry: NOT Catholic.
WinkyDink
Feb 2013
#33
I don't think Methodists really get hung on doctrinal anything. Some are practically Unitarians.
Bucky
Feb 2013
#39
I don't believe any of that will help real people: It will only prop up an illicit business that
lindysalsagal
Feb 2013
#31