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TommyCelt

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1. It's a small hope unfortunately...

Reply to patrice (Original post)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 02:20 PM

Feb 2013

All the Cardinal electors were appointed by either Benedict or John Paul. You get appointed by toeing the party line, so to speak. There will be no changes in the Catechism's teaching that homosexuality is "intrinsically disordered" or that homosexual acts constitute grave sin.

Then again...John XXIII was supposed to be a nice, quiet, place-holder Pope in the wake of the long theologically strict reign of Pius XII. Instead, we got the Second Vatican Council.

"Hope, pray, and don't worry." - St. Padre Pio

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For you from NCR but edited out of special hardcopy edition re Pope's abdication-LGBT Catholics Hope [View all] patrice Feb 2013 OP

It's a small hope unfortunately... TommyCelt Feb 2013 #1

Yes! The difference between something and nothing is sometimes the most valuable connection patrice Feb 2013 #2