Pope Francis last week approved a ruling at the Vatican that permitted priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.

Pope Francis last week approved a ruling at the Vatican that permitted priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples.

  • @GBU_28@lemm.eeEnglish
    0•6 months ago

    What? As a Catholic you would know the pope is a representative of Jesus Christ. It isn’t up for discussion if he decrees something

    • @dragontamer@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•6 months ago

      What? As a Catholic you would know the pope is a representative of Jesus Christ.

      Ummm… you mean Peter, right? The Pope as an institution is derived of Jesus’s promise to Peter, and not from Jesus himself per se. Jesus is God. If God wants to do something, He needs no representative. It just happens.

      It isn’t up for discussion if he decrees something

      Did the Pope speak ex cathedra here?

      Note: there are only a few times in the past millennia that a Pope has ever invoked ex cathedra.

      What kind of bad Hollywood movie or anime did you learn Catholic values from?

      EDIT: I’m just noticing now that your post is 10 days old. It looks like lemm.ee had some sync issues with lemmy.world. The server finally notified me of your response. Apologies if this is digging up an old, week old subject. But I promise it was at the top of my inbox yesterday when I responded.