Yojimbo wrote:An anti-homosexual is a homophobe and by definition that means someone who hates homosexuals. The Pope is not anti-homosexual and neither are Catholic teachings. What you mean to say is that we do not approve of a homosexual lifestyle.
CDLviking wrote:I read this morning that pope Benedict XVI stated that Church unity is one of the top things on his agenda, as is interreligious dialogue. I'm so very glad to hear this. JPII did a lot for unity between East and West, and with the Jews. Unity among Christians is something very close to my heart, and I hope to live to see the day when divisions among us will cease. I was so happy I could cry when I read about him seeking Christian unity.
CDLviking wrote:I read this morning that pope Benedict XVI stated that Church unity is one of the top things on his agenda, as is interreligious dialogue. I'm so very glad to hear this. JPII did a lot for unity between East and West, and with the Jews. Unity among Christians is something very close to my heart, and I hope to live to see the day when divisions among us will cease. I was so happy I could cry when I read about him seeking Christian unity.
Point taken. I'll change my pants now.
mitsuki lover wrote:They had a article in Time last week about how the Pontiff is elected and in it they also had a list of all the Popes from St.Peter to John Paul II.The Pope
who started the tradition of using Saints' names was originally named Mercurius.
I don't know what name Mercurius took though.
I think Benedict XVI will make a great Pope from what little I have read
or heard about him.
Then again I'm Protestant and so it doesn't effect me as much as it would
our Catholic members.
My sister in Alaska,who's Baptist,thinks that the more liberal Catholics especially here in the States aren't exactly going to be too happy though.
AnimeHeretic wrote:Especially since he knows all the main issues of division-- he was on many of the Catholic-Protestant and Catholic-Orthodox meetings. In one of his books he reminds us that Christ himself prayed "That they may be one" and that indicates ecumenism and seeking to bring about unity is important for the Church to seek out.
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