Final "Document" of Pre-Synod on Youth Full of Cheap Statements
On March 24, the Roman pre-synod on the youth published a final document which reads like a political, not like a religious text. It criticises that “the sacred" appears to be separated from "daily …More
On March 24, the Roman pre-synod on the youth published a final document which reads like a political, not like a religious text.
It criticises that “the sacred" appears to be separated from "daily life" as if there were no separation between the sacred and the profane.
The authors claim that the Church which is usually caving in to any challenge against its moral authority, is “too severe” or “often associated with excessive moralism”.
They ask the Church to overcome a "logic of ‘it has always been done this way’” although such a "logic" is never invoked.
The document mentions the role of women in the Church several times as if the true problem of the Church were not the absence of men.
It claims that settled matters like teaching on homosexuality, contraception, cohabitation and abortion are “controversial”.
The document calls on the Church to speak in practical terms about “controversial subjects” such as homosexuality and gender issues, about which young people are allegedly already …More
It criticises that “the sacred" appears to be separated from "daily life" as if there were no separation between the sacred and the profane.
The authors claim that the Church which is usually caving in to any challenge against its moral authority, is “too severe” or “often associated with excessive moralism”.
They ask the Church to overcome a "logic of ‘it has always been done this way’” although such a "logic" is never invoked.
The document mentions the role of women in the Church several times as if the true problem of the Church were not the absence of men.
It claims that settled matters like teaching on homosexuality, contraception, cohabitation and abortion are “controversial”.
The document calls on the Church to speak in practical terms about “controversial subjects” such as homosexuality and gender issues, about which young people are allegedly already …More
I listened to a youthful audience sitting before the Pope and other clerics....to a question put to him by a non-believing non-Catholic French youth. He appeared to be seeking a fulfilling response....what he got was terrible....a ramble of repeated empty phrases and remarks. Same words repeated over and over. Boring to the bone ! Pitiable.