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Originally posted by adduncan
CM--
Being inspired is great, but if you're not Catholic, let's not try to teach what any pope has allegedly taught. You missed the mark on a number of points. (No, I will NOT get into it in public because there are plenty of threads to search on and there's enough BS floating around GC already. That's what PMs and email are for.)
(segue, this is a general comment, not directed at anyone in particular)
I can't help but notice how ironic it is that the media, or commentators, or any non-Catholic or cafeteria-Catholic will rail against the Pope for one thing or another, then when he may be at the end of his life, all of a sudden it's "what a wonderful pope he was". Even better, when people outside the RCC (by birth or by choice) offer their commentary. Just as no one in the USA gives a damn what people in other countries think of our national elections, no one outside the faithful care what anyone else thinks of the pope or any process inside the Vatican. It's not your concern, folks.
That is my radical and controversial thought for the week. Sorry, but the idea of losing JP2 has me down, and the way people chat about it makes that worse. This is going to be a bad couple of weeks for yours truly.
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I think it is extremely ridiculous that you think only Catholics get to comment on the status of the Pope and the ramifications of his death. I'm sure you learned in catechism that we are THE LARGEST CHURCH IN THE WORLD and the Pope has enormous political influence compared to the earthly heads of any other religion, so I think that it is logical that any well-educated and informed person would speculate on it.
What happens to the world is everyone's concern. Let's try and be a little more ecumenical, as the Pope himself has urged.