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MrBrown
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The Controversial Discussions Thread (Was "The Prejudice Discussion Thread" (Was "The Human Sexuality Discussion Thread" (Was "The Homosexuality Discussion Thread")))
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3-Jan-2014, 4:38 PM

RicOlie_2 said:

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Also it is.. still one big differenc between the message and the interpretation. And here we have the danger.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/20/world/europe/pope-bluntly-faults-churchs-focus-on-gays-and-abortion.html?_r=0

 Pope Francis epitomizes what I think a Catholic should be like in the present day. He focuses on what is truly important and not all the rules which should only be secondary.

 I didn't want to use the article as an "bad exsample" but indeed as an good exsample. I really hope that Pope Francis may lead the catholic church towards a brighter future, after reading this article.

I don't expect that he will "allow" homosexual marriage in the catholic church, but I hope that he may have the power to encourage the catholic people to discuss.

Maybe even what I just wished: a difference between legal and theistical marriage. That catholic may even support the legistical (but not the spiritual) marriage, even if they don't beliefe in a spiritual way in it. At least it is not to the catholic person to judge the spiritual life of an person, but the judgement of god.