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Trump border czar knocks Pope Francis’s criticism: ‘Fix the Catholic Church’
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Trump border czar knocks Pope Francis’s criticism: ‘Fix the Catholic Church’
I wonder if he's hoping the Catholic NGOs will start getting megabucks again from USAID to traffic illegal immigrants?
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Trump border czar knocks Pope Francis’s criticism: ‘Fix the Catholic Church’
Incredible levels of heresy, really not too far from pushing transgender ideology at this point. The twisting of words (like ANY of the migrants have the same case as did Jesus or genuine refugees) and flagrant disregard of obeying laws as a Christian is just breathtaking, and the same logic is applied by people who defend homos and trannys.
"They are just minorities who need to be protected, liKe jEsUs!!!"
On September 5, 2024, Pope Francis embarked on his Southeast Asian tour. Besides visiting various countries, he also celebrated Mass in each of them. Even though I was already a firm believer in Orthodoxy, I attended his Mass because it had been over 30 years since a Pope's last visit—Pope John Paul II in 1989. I was curious to see what would happen and what I would experience during his visit and Mass.
At first, I was excited since it was a kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience. It's not every day that a Pope celebrates Mass himself. I felt excitement from the start of the day until the arrival of Pope Francis at the stadium. But when the Mass started, the moment of truth arrived for me.
During the Mass, I did not feel anything at all. I don't mean feeling ecstatic or filled with the Holy Spirit like in an evangelical or charismatic worship service, but rather the feeling of "this is the right thing," like at an Orthodox church. When I attend the Divine Liturgy at an Orthodox church, I feel right at home; this is the right thing to do, and heaven and earth are combined into one.
I realized that the Divine Liturgy served by someone who is only a priest is worth much more than a Mass served by the head of the Roman Catholic Church himself. This made me realize that the Orthodox Church is The Church, and Orthodoxy is Christianity.
Here are some photos that I took during Pope Francis's Mass. The resolution is poor since I took them with a cellphone without optical zoom. Even then, for uploading to this forum, the photos are resized and compressed even more.
At first, I was excited since it was a kind of once-in-a-lifetime experience. It's not every day that a Pope celebrates Mass himself. I felt excitement from the start of the day until the arrival of Pope Francis at the stadium. But when the Mass started, the moment of truth arrived for me.
During the Mass, I did not feel anything at all. I don't mean feeling ecstatic or filled with the Holy Spirit like in an evangelical or charismatic worship service, but rather the feeling of "this is the right thing," like at an Orthodox church. When I attend the Divine Liturgy at an Orthodox church, I feel right at home; this is the right thing to do, and heaven and earth are combined into one.
I realized that the Divine Liturgy served by someone who is only a priest is worth much more than a Mass served by the head of the Roman Catholic Church himself. This made me realize that the Orthodox Church is The Church, and Orthodoxy is Christianity.
Here are some photos that I took during Pope Francis's Mass. The resolution is poor since I took them with a cellphone without optical zoom. Even then, for uploading to this forum, the photos are resized and compressed even more.
You're the guy who thinks cars, abs and women are the pinnacle of existence leading to becoming an "alpha" male right?
Not the biggest fan of the current pope myself but yea I don't think you're the one who should judging anyone's faith. Having vanity in regards to your faith is not the best look....
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He's just confessing his faith. No need to shame him for it.
Confessing your faith doesn't have to include vanity. He could have included this in one of the Orthodoxy threads if his intentions were otherwise.
I made this post as a follow-up to the post I made two weeks ago in the Ortho Lounge thread. I promised to provide proof of attending Pope Francis's mass to show that I'm not making things up. However, I decided to post here because I wanted to criticize the experience. A pope leading the mass does not affect me as much as an Orthodox liturgy, where I feel heaven and earth become one.
If this post comes across as showing off, perhaps it could please be moved to the Ortho Lounge? Thank you
For "ba'utha" or supplication as translated from Aramaic to English on the 5th week of the epiphany we fast until noon and don't eat any meat products for the 3 days Jonah spent in the whale.
For "solma" or lent we don't eat meat products for 40 days in solidarity with the time Jesus spent in desert.
Some don't eat meat on Fridays year round, that's actually common among Chaldeans.
I think you guys have for some reason tried to convince yourselves that the Americanized Disney fake news version of Catholicism is real beyond some people with a agenda who are Christian in name only, I don't know why that is it's not something I would expect from this group. You should come to my Church, it would change that perception.
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My problem with these liberal activists that have hijacked the RCC is that they are experts at using ambiguous enough language to not totally out themselves to the conservative Catholic base (even though every one else can tell what's going on), but to more fully promote their perennialist, universalist, ecumenist agenda. Reading a statement from these guys is like getting a degree in plausible deniability. It's the danger of making man your ultimate authority.
I was having a dig at the Muslim 'fast' in relation to the video of the Catholic priest, not having a dig at Catholics. I used to think Ramadan was really impressive until I found out that it's basically skipping lunch and getting a bit thirsty. Maybe I'm a bit cranky because I'm fasting and am on my second day of just water. Man, am I looking forward to breakfast...
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Got it...my apologies for misunderstanding the context, you'll have to excuse me just a little dismayed by some earlier posts on here. I respect all my Christian brothers regardless of their paths to Christ to me we're all family, I don't think one should have vanity in regards to that path.
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