Who Cares What the Pope Says?

Photo I do not get up in the morning wondering what the pope is thinking or hoping he'll tell me what to think. I know my responsibilities in life and, however poorly, I get up each day to try and …More
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I do not get up in the morning wondering what the pope is thinking or hoping he'll tell me what to think. I know my responsibilities in life and, however poorly, I get up each day to try and fulfill them without caring a whit for what the pope thinks of them, of me, or of much else besides. But it seems I am in a minority.
How things have changed in little over a century. Until the reign of Leo XIII (1878-1903) most Catholics in Italy itself had little idea even of the name of the pope, let alone any significant contact with him. That was exactly right, and exactly what we should return to today. The cult of personality that has developed around the pope over the last century is deeply unhealthy and unhelpful, and for the first time in history it comes very close to being an actual expression of a previously bogus piece of Protestant propaganda: papolatry.
The pope is not a demiurge. He is a human being. That is all. He has select and limited responsibility for keeping the unity …More
Ben Martin
For those that think the V2 popes and V2 teaching are condemned by the old or can’t teach error---then read this: Try refuting them!!
The New Ecclesiology: An Overview
Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn
Vatican II's teaching about the nature of the Church, who belongs to it, salvation outside it, and why the teaching is explicitly heretical. (Catholic Restoration, Sep-Oct 2004)
[23 Oct 2005]
The New …More
For those that think the V2 popes and V2 teaching are condemned by the old or can’t teach error---then read this: Try refuting them!!

The New Ecclesiology: An Overview
Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn
Vatican II's teaching about the nature of the Church, who belongs to it, salvation outside it, and why the teaching is explicitly heretical. (Catholic Restoration, Sep-Oct 2004)
[23 Oct 2005]

The New Ecclesiology: Documentation
Most Rev. Donald J. Sanborn
Side-by-side comparison of Vatican II and pre-Vatican II teaching on (1) Whether heretical and schismatic churches are part of Christ's Church. (2) Whether it is possible to be part of the Christ's Church without submission to the Pope. (3) Whether the 'one, holy, Catholic and apostolic Church' becomes 'present' in every valid celebration of the Eucharist. (4) Whether the Holy Ghost uses schismatic and/or heretical sects as means of salvation. [PDF, Catholic Restoration, Sep-Oct 2004]
[23 Oct 2005]
L2233
The problem, and I agree with your opinion, is that his pronouncements can make or break many things, including this:
The Purge Against the Franciscans of the Immaculate Continues
I also agree with Ben Martin's opinion.
wojciechowskikrzysztof
(Romans 2:1-11 )
You can not inexcusable , O man , whoever you are , when you get down to the judge . In which case do you think for a second , [ in that] he judgment spend on yourself because you are doing the same thing as judge . We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such acts . Do you , O man , that judgest them who do such things , and he is doing the …More
(Romans 2:1-11 )
You can not inexcusable , O man , whoever you are , when you get down to the judge . In which case do you think for a second , [ in that] he judgment spend on yourself because you are doing the same thing as judge . We know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such acts . Do you , O man , that judgest them who do such things , and he is doing the same thing that you avoid the condemnation of God? Or maybe you despise the wealth of kindness , patience and generosity of his , not wanting to know the goodness of God wants to bring us to repentance ? Here is the hardness of your heart and reluctant to convert skarbisz anger on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God , who will render to every man according to his deeds: to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory, honor and immortality - eternal life , and this , who are the most rebellious , for the truth they do not want to go and indulge in unrighteousness - indignation and wrath . Tribulation and anguish fall on every man who does evil , the Jew first and then to the Greek. The glory and honor and peace meet anyone who does good - the Jew first and also to the Greek . For God shows no partiality .
tbswv
The pope is the visible Vicar of Christ. The Church does not survive on the cult of any pope but on the Magisterium and Apostolic tradition. He cannot contradict anything dogmatically established in previous councils, encyclicals, or teachings from Church Fathers.
Ben Martin
With the words and advice that Francis gives--it would be best for one not to care or listen. He leads one to hell with his heresy of Modernism and vanity.