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28. There is far more emphasis in the typical Catholic Sunday service on issues regarding the poor than

Fri Sep 2, 2016, 10:07 AM

Sep 2016

there are of the social issues rightwingers like to focus on..

Nowhere in the Bible readings is there anything about abortion or birth control; whereas there are many passages about serving the poor and the sick -- so that is most of what Catholics hear about week after week in Church.

I've gone my entire life without hearing a single mention of homosexuality from the pulpit, even though there is at least one mention in the Old Testament. Maybe because Fr. Andrew Greeley the sociologist was correct that there are so many gay priests.

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Pope Francis says neglecting the environment is a sin. [View all] pnwmom Sep 2016 OP

One issue I agree with him on...nt Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #1

I'll never figure out Christians who are happy to trash their god's creation... hunter Sep 2016 #2

My RW BIL is one of those. Glassunion Sep 2016 #9

Other things he says are sins: trotsky Sep 2016 #3

Catholics are 25% of the population -- an important swing vote. So it isn't pretending pnwmom Sep 2016 #4

And on the items I mentioned, they're important swing votes for Republicans. trotsky Sep 2016 #5

Not true. Pope Francis and the majority of Catholics do not prioritize pnwmom Sep 2016 #7

Absolutely true. trotsky Sep 2016 #8

As I said, American Catholics reject that view. Even those who consider abortion a sin, pnwmom Sep 2016 #13

Some American Catholics reject it. The majority do not. trotsky Sep 2016 #14

The majority of Catholics reject the Church's views on reproductive issues. pnwmom Sep 2016 #16

PNWMOM is supplying sources to support her premise, while you merely allege "facts." LanternWaste Sep 2016 #18

Oddly enough, my facts have links to surveys and data. trotsky Sep 2016 #19

You linked to a pre-convention Pew poll. I linked to an August ABC news poll. pnwmom Sep 2016 #22

Knee-jerk bigotry against a religion is as noxious as any other, Hortensis Sep 2016 #24

You can go ahead and like and admire a man who wants the following: trotsky Sep 2016 #38

Doesn't stick in my craw at all. I take extremely seriously Hortensis Sep 2016 #41

My female and LGBTQ friends/family mean more to me than platitudes. trotsky Sep 2016 #42

That total person thing, Trotsky. Hortensis Sep 2016 #43

Sorry, but I won't accept bigotry, or policies that devalue women. trotsky Sep 2016 #44

But, IMO you DO accept bigotry in Francis's case, the Hortensis Sep 2016 #45

It's not bigotry to oppose a bigot. trotsky Sep 2016 #46

You aren't trying to understand. The bigotry Hortensis Sep 2016 #47

Look again JonLP24 Sep 2016 #37

In other words: Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #20

IOW, Catholics, based on a variety of concerns, are swinging away from Trump and toward Clinton. pnwmom Sep 2016 #21

In other words: Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #25

The Pope is strongly pro-environment, and pro- the poor, and pro- refugee and immigrant. pnwmom Sep 2016 #26

They remain popular positions nevertheless. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #27

There is far more emphasis in the typical Catholic Sunday service on issues regarding the poor than pnwmom Sep 2016 #28

I don't find personal experience very compelling. Act_of_Reparation Sep 2016 #30

That's the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, not "The College of American Bishops". rug Sep 2016 #36

I guess his progressive cred bounce from Sanders' visit a few months back is pretty much over. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #17

U.S. Catholics are a very diverse group, similar to Jewish people. hunter Sep 2016 #35

Have I ever claimed otherwise? trotsky Sep 2016 #39

If one considers "dominion" to mean stewardship, he has a point... malthaussen Sep 2016 #6

Post #9 Glassunion Sep 2016 #10

i was always taught stewardship.....as a prot must add that dembotoz Sep 2016 #40

Oh, good. LittleDuckie Sep 2016 #11

LOL trotsky Sep 2016 #12

With Pope Frank magicnpoetry Sep 2016 #15

Pope Francis is right again. Hieronymus Sep 2016 #23

A broken clock is right twice per day, so is Francis Albertoo Sep 2016 #29

"A willful blindness to the rise of Islamism"? The Church has been concerned about that pnwmom Sep 2016 #31

In medieval times, maybe. Francis? No. Albertoo Sep 2016 #32

I've been hearing warnings about it since Pope John Paul. n/t pnwmom Sep 2016 #34

I find it hard to take anything a pope says seriously on the environment. roamer65 Sep 2016 #33