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The pope speaks of unity and fraternity in a similar way to our president. By saying he wants peace and yet acting in a way contrary to peace. He is not willing to dialogue with those who see systemic issues within the church. He rejects those who hold to the beauty of ancient litergical practices. We lack coherence with church teaching on critical matters. It seems that modernism is akin to the time of Arianism in church history. Much like St. Athanasius, Bishops like Cordelione, Chaput, Burk…
you cannot dialogue with the devil
No you cannot. But who is the devil in this context?
the devil is behind those who refuse to submit to the sacred pastors, and those who favour calumny and rash judgement
But who are the sacred pastors? Those who wish to alter the sacred deposit of faith, or those who hold to it?
the sacred pastors are the college of bishops and their head, the bishop of Rome. a bishop does not ipso facto lose his office by wishing to alter the deposit of faith. even if they did, I am not certain that Bishop McElroy wants to alter the deposit of faith, and I am absolutely certain that Pope Francis does not want to alter the deposit of faith.
Hasn’t the pope already done as much by altering the catechism on the subject of the death penalty?
no, the change to the catechism on the death penalty is not an attempt to alter the deposit of faith.