Sounds like kids bickering, doesn’t it? Quite familiar with that here in our home… however, this time it’s
Biden and Pelosi vs. the US Bishops.
I don’t get it. Church teaching is church teaching. There are things that are non-negs. This is one of them. You either follow the Magisterium or you’re basically your own pope. Why are they insisting that they’re right on this one? Reminds me of the arguments some people have made. I don’t know why people cling to the Catholic name when they could just renounce Catholicism (not that we want them to, but that they COULD if they really wanted to) so they don’t have to follow its teachings….
The one good thing I can see about this, is that things are brought to light that may not have been brought to light had this not happened. Perhaps other people are benefiting from the very vocal response from the Bishops. Perhaps people who have wondered before about why the Church teaches what She teaches, or what it all means, or how Catholics should really think and act are now getting quite an education. Maybe Biden and Pelosi are the catalysts for something bigger coming…. For a long time it’s been disheartening just how many people don’t get what the Catholic Church is all about. And many of them hate what they don’t know. The biggest blessing that could come out of this IMO is that people who didn’t know before may now have a greater understanding of why we believe what we believe. Whether that brings them to the fold or not is up to God’s grace, but I for one am happy that there’s clarification. Surely something good will come out of this.
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