POPE FRANCIS: A MODERNIST HERETIC? RIDICULOUS!

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Melanie Jean Juneau - Pope Not Heretic
Why do  Faithful American Catholics Label  Pope Francis: A Modernist Heretic?
Every time Pope Francis speaks, the papers are filled with sensational headlines; he does not emphasize many of the popular, hot issues like abortion and homosexuality, issues which often simply serve to divide voters into an us and them mentality. When did these issues become  the only issue that concerns the Church? Yet when the pope reminds us that our life in Christ is so much more, vocal advocates become extremely angry, denouncing the pope as the anti-pope.
How ridiculous! Why such a strong reaction?
Perhaps many Americans do not like this South American because Catholics in America were taught that God loves capitalism and that Greed is Good. The Pope has made some pretty negative remarks about the freebooter capitalism that has flourished since the 1990′s and that will make him very unpopular with the freebooters in the US. Some of his comments about greed, avarice, and freebooter capitalism have not even shown up in the mainstream media in Canada or the States.
I am baffled by all the negative reactions to Pope Francis. Perhaps it is because this South American pope is not in love with freebooter capitalism. Personally I think that Pope Francis is just too joyful as he lives out his simple, his down-to earth spirituality and humble solidarity with the poor and this irritates many traditionalists. Jesus and St. Francis of Assisi also irritated the Pharisees of their eras; those pure proponents of tradition dislike anyone who challenges their lifestyle.

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  1. Anonymous8:19 pm, October 11, 2013

    In due time his actions will speak for him.

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  2. Melanie Jean Juneau8:56 pm, October 11, 2013

    YES!

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  3. Cheryl Dickow6:15 am, October 12, 2013

    I don't follow too much of all the controversy but what I catch here and there I do find interesting. Having recently attended an inter-faith dialogue between our Detroit Archbishop and a Rabbi from a prominent synagogue I do see the importance of evaluating how things have been going in terms of spreading the Gospel message,

    The event with Archbishop Vigneron and Rabbi Krakoff was very blessed. The topic was Genesis and the conversation was one of respect and love. It was so different from the venom that has been spewed in the name of "Evangelization" that I found it refreshing and uplifting in a way that I hadn't imagined.

    I'm not sure what Pope Francis has in mind when he says what he does but I was able to see at this recent event that unless love is at the bottom of whatever we do it will all be useless and bear no fruit.

    http://bezalelbooks.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-evangelization-really-looks-like.html

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau10:24 am, October 12, 2013

      Yes, you get the gist of what I mean..unless love is at the bottom of whatever we do it will all be useless and bear no fruit.

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  4. Andrea7:46 am, October 12, 2013

    It's very important in these confusing worldly times for our papal authority to be very clear in his messages for our sake and the world's. Abortion isn't a hot issue. It's one of the main evils of our time and this shouldn't be down played. Love and charity is good and true, but without an equal emphasis of the long standing doctrines and traditions of the church, it becomes distorted.

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    1. Melanie Jean Juneau12:12 pm, October 12, 2013

      Of course, I agree. Abortion itself is not simply a hot issue but the manner in which people lobby against and for it IS a political issue, a us and them mentality which demeans the sanctity of life.
      You have a good point. I think Pope Francis is simply trying to bring the Church back to basics; when we give Christ control to do things His way..stuff happens, ...miraculously., like the fall of the Berlin wall. if I do things in my own strength, MY WAY, it is a tough, dry and I see little results. Maybe the most powerful way to change the secular world is to become beacons of light, saints, His presence on earth.

      Birgit Atherton Jones
      Point well taken. Sometimes, as fervent advocates for Life (or any hard fought battle), we pay too much attention to being result-oriented, rather than doing all we can with great Faith. That is certainly an aspect of which I have become more and more aware. Pope Francis has brought me to a greater desire to look at all others with more love.

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