Pope Francis is upending catholic tradition once again, and many of his followers aren’t happy.
Pope Francis was selected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, after several years of scandal-prone leadership from his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. But it wasn’t long until Francis began stirring controversy himself.
Unlike his predecessor — who was often characterized as “too conservative” — Francis immediately began liberalizing the Catholic faith. He suggested that his followers apologize to gay people and validated the beliefs of competing religions, claiming that all religions worship the same god. Then, in perhaps the most bizarre development of last year, the pontiff began an unprompted feud with Donald Trump over immigration policy.
So it should come as no surprise that Pope Francis is once again upsetting many of his diehard followers with an announcement that seems to go against fundamental Catholic values.
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I never believed in going to the confessional because no priest can forgive sins by telling us to say a few Hail Marys or a few Our Fathers to absolve is of sins.
There never has been an unforgivable sin. The priest always have had the ability to forgive ANY sin confessed with sincere sorrow and the intent to never commit that sin again.. INTENT….so quit trying to disgrace our Pope..
Jo jo… i think you need to read a book called The 7 Secrets on Confession by Vinny Flynn. YOU WILL learn that confesion to a priest anointed by God is more of an ongoing healing process, by which we learn to ovrcome bad habits and as a result have a closer more intimate relationship with God.
This Clown needs to concentrate on his own soul….he’s no Christian Pope that’s for sure.
do you tell a priest every time you do something wrong? if so,why would it be any of ‘his’ business? would that not be between ‘you’ and God? furthermore,you claim that priests don’t have any power,and you are right about that,BUT,priests do claim that they can ‘miraculously’ turn a store bought wafer into the real flesh of Jesus Christ every time they do their ‘rituals’,So,how do you explain THAT? because that most certainly is a blatant claim of having power,whether you want to believe it or not…..as a Christian,I rebuke the false teachings being taught by Catholic leaders,and I pray for the followers of Catholicism to know the True Christ,who FULFILLED the law when He died on the cross,tearing down the old Jewish curtain from the days of Moses,in which God’s people entered to have their sins forgiven through a priest with an animal sacrifice…..Did Jesus not say to tear down the Temple and it would be raised in 3 days?? Jesus Christ IS THE TEMPLE,and through HIM our sins are forgiven,NOT through a priest, and it’s been that way since He died on that cross! but for some reason,the Roman Catholic church has replaced the ancient Jewish curtain with a ‘confessional box’ and people are going ‘through a priest’ to have their sins forgiven? WHY?? Why is the FULFILLMENT of the law being denied? It’s blasphemy against the Father and Son,and it’s spiritual slavery to think you must go through a MAN to have your sins forgiven by God,because JESUS CHRIST,The Son is the ONLY WAY TO THE FATHER; only THROUGH HIM our sins are forgiven….. Self-righteous men who call themselves ‘Priests’ are no holier than any of God’s people and they have only the SAME authority as the rest of us,which is to either forgive or not forgive anyone who trespasses against us on a personal level…..if my next door neighbor stole my lawnmower,he would need to return it and ask ‘Me’ to forgive him,and it would be up to ‘Me’ to forgive or not forgive him,which is my God given authority to do so…..So,you tell me what would make a priest think that my neighbor needs to confess the sin committed against ‘ME’ to a priest in order to be forgiven? why would a priest take that authority away from me? and what would the sin have to do with a priest,personally?……..and by the way,YES,many Catholics DO worship Mary,statues,relics and dead people who the Catholic church decides are saints…as a matter of fact,Pope Paul cried out to MARY to save him when he got shot….not Jesus Christ,but ‘Mary’…..Mary seems to be the heart of the Catholic church,rather than Jesus Christ,Lord and Savior
I will take Gods forgivness over the pope or his priests every day of the week!!
Sounds like the pope is the Hillary of the Vatican.
Is he even a Catholic ?
This Pope IS the Anti Christ….
Satan is gathering his army !