Setting the tone for a two-week meeting of Roman Catholic bishops, Pope Francis on Monday urged participants to speak openly and clearly, without fear of censure... Do not say: I cannot say this, if I do they will think badly of me. Speak freely of everything you believe... It is necessary to say everything that in the Lord we feel must be said, without any concern that it might contradict the pope, he said. Holding back discussion is not good, Francis added, even as he exhorted the participants to listen with humility and accept with an open heart all that our brothers say. [210 years afterwards, the Pope adopts the theology of Kentuckys Cane Ridge Revival of 1804, which produced movements for racial and gender equality, religious tolerance, and free inquiry, and established the bases on the frontier for womens suffrage, abolitionism, separation of Church and State, public education and universities throughout the Midwest. It is a message to religious conservatives, whose very genetic makeup pleads for an authority to tell them what to think, say, and do: Get a Clue. Forget about the Roman Catholic Church re-joining with the Orthodox or the Anglican; under this Pope a merger with the Quakers, Methodists, or Disciples of Christ might make more sense.]
Posted on: Tue, 07 Oct 2014 09:54:18 +0000
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