Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Pope Francis condemned the “very strong, organised, reactionary attitude” in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the US Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the US Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

  • Railing5132@lemmy.world
    121·
    11 months ago

    I think a better option would be stripping the tax exempt status from the ones that politik from the pulpit. Actually enforce the law we have now instead of being afraid of looking like we’re persecuting them. Hell, they all have that complex already anyway.

    Taxing them all would just open the floodgates.

    • atempuser23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      142·
      11 months ago

      It’s very inline with the church’s teaching to pay taxes.

      Mark 12:17 Then Jesus said to them, “Give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and give to God the things that are God’s.” The men were amazed at what Jesus said.

      There is no religious conflict at all with taxing churches.

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
      54·
      11 months ago

      Taxing them all would just open the floodgates.

      You say that as if it’s a bad thing.

      These assholes should deal with a real flood for once.

    • iegod@lemm.ee
      1·
      11 months ago

      Not good enough. They need to strip that status even from the ones that don’t.