Catholic Bible 101

As we all get to know our new Holy Father Pope Francis, it's useful to listen to what he has to say. There is a battle going on between the Press and the Pope. The Pope "seems" to be leaning liberal, which the press is biting on and saying, "Hooray! Finally! The Catholic Church is going to change its medieval doctrine, just like the Boy Scouts!"

But remember, the libs in the press report things through through their "lens" of the way that they "wish things to be," i.,e., liberal. Therefore the reporting on what the Pope said falsely comes out like this - "The Pope really cares about people, and therefore he is mobilizing to change the church's archaic teachings on homosexuality, abortion, and artificial birth control!"

But no such thing is happening. The Pope said that atheists can be saved, and that they should do good things according to their consciences. Jesus said that prostitutes would enter the kingdom of heaven before the Pharisees. See the parallel? Of course atheists can be saved, and of course everyone should do good. Should he have said that atheists should do bad things? The Pope said that he doesn't have the right to judge homosexuals. Good. No priest judges me for having the sinful nature I have when I go into confession, and the same rule applies to homosexuals WHEN THEY ENTER THE CONFESSIONAL. He never said that they don't have to repent of their sins (actions) to be saved. Never. A person's sinful nature is not sinful, only a person's actions are. And the Press DOES NOT make this distinction, but the Pope and all Catholics do.

So what to think? Is the Pope in a mad dash to make himself popular with the Press, or is something else going on here? Notice how the press isn't publishing Panzer-Pope articles anymore, or German Rottweiler stories because of rigid "archaic" dogma! No more "every priest is a pedophile" stories are being written either! What Pope Francis is doing is playing the Press for saps. No one is about to change the Church's teaching on homosexuality, abortion, or artificial contraception! But the perception of the Catholic Church as being loving, caring, and a friend of the poor (what it REALLY is) is now front and center in the press.

This is long overdue, and it's our job out here in the world of the laity to explain to the lost what the Church is really about - TOTAL Love of God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, and TOTAL love of neighbor. And if you truly believe in those two things, and not just give them lip service, then there are certain things that you must do, and certain things that you must NOT do, which include the killing of babies, all non-marital sex, and the intentional artificial blocking of God's command to Adam and Noah to "Be fruitful and multiply!"

So Pope Francis gets a thumbs up from me for TOTALLY changing the conversation about the Church in the satanic press. He's using their own strength against them, like a martial artist fighter does.  Satan really doesn't know what hit him, as he thought that he was the only person who used a person's strength against themselves!  HERE IS THE COMPLETE INTERVIEW HE GAVE TO THE JESUIT MAGAZINE .

Here are some of his quotes :

On Jesus Christ:

"When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil."

On need for the church to evangelize:

"We need to avoid the spiritual sickness of a church that is wrapped up in its own world: when a church becomes like this, it grows sick. It is true that going out on to the street implies the risk of accidents happening, as they would to any ordinary man or woman. But if the church stays wrapped up in itself, it will age. And if I had to choose between a wounded church that goes out on to the streets and a sick, withdrawn church, I would definitely choose the first one."

On using technology:

"We also try to reach out to people who are far away, via digital means, the web and brief messaging."

On unmarried mothers:

"In our ecclesiastical region there are priests who don't baptize the children of single mothers because they weren't conceived in the sanctity of marriage. These are today's hypocrites. Those who clericalize the church. Those who separate the people of God from salvation. And this poor girl who, rather than returning the child to sender, had the courage to carry it into the world, must wander from parish to parish so that it's baptized!"

On abortion:

“Every child that isn’t born, but is unjustly condemned to be aborted, has the face of Jesus Christ, has the face of the Lord,”

On vanity:

"An example I often use to illustrate the reality of vanity, is this: look at the peacock; it's beautiful if you look at it from the front. But if you look at it from behind, you discover the truth … Whoever gives in to such self-absorbed vanity has huge misery hiding inside them."

On the Roman curia:

"I see it as a body that gives service, a body that helps me and serves me. Sometimes negative news does come out, but it is often exaggerated and manipulated to spread scandal. Journalists sometimes risk becoming ill from coprophilia and thus fomenting coprophagia: which is a sin that taints all men and women, that is, the tendency to focus on the negative rather than the positive aspects."

On Argentina's gay marriage bill:

"Let's not be naive: this isn't a simple political fight, it's an attempt to destroy God's plan. This is no mere legislative bill. It is a move by the father of lies to confuse and deceive the children of God.”

Concerning outreach of the Church in Buenos Aires:

"Instead of just being a Church that welcomes and receives, we try to be a Church that comes out of itself and goes to the men and women who do not participate in parish life, do not know much about it and are indifferent towards it. We organize missions in public squares where many people usually gather: we pray, we celebrate mass, we offer baptism which we administer after a brief preparation."

“In our city there are people committing human sacrifice, killing the dignity of these men and these women, these girls and boys that are submitted to this treatment, to slavery. We cannot remain calm.” …. The cardinal urged his fellow citizens to report “breeding grounds for submission, for slavery,” “altars where human sacrifices are offered and which break the will of the people,” asking that “everyone do what they can, but without washing their hands of it, because otherwise we are complicit in this slavery.”

On the “discarding culture":

"This culture consists of applying the “death penalty” through abortion, and in “hidden euthanasia” of the elderly through neglect and maltreatment.…“there is hidden euthanasia, the social infrastructure pays up to a certain limit, but discards the elderly when, in fact, they are the seat of the wisdom of the people.”   Children “are maltreated; they are neither educated nor nourished. Many are forced to prostitute and exploit themselves.”

Concerning a hands-on approach to the poor: