A Comment On The Election Of The Pope
I cut this out of the BBC web site. It is a comment, that I suspect is typical of the way many Catholics are thinking.
I am praying that the conclave has voted for a progressive Pope. The aggressive rebuking of homosexuals and continued opposition towards contraception have left me doubting whether my social values are compatible with my Catholic faith, to the point where I have considered abandoning my faith. I hope the new Pope will treat these subjects with compassion rather than contempt.
It will be a tragedy, if they elect another backward thinking Pope.
We need leaders, who look forward with clear and radical scientifically-based answers to solve the problems of the World.
The Anonymous Widower 
The new Pope needs both to uphold what we might call the eternal verities and to move with the times as regards, for example, contraception and protection against AIDS, etc.
It will be a difficult balancing act!
Comment by Janice Mermikli | March 13, 2013 |
We will see what he says in the next few days. I have met two very important people, who work in the charity field all over the world and what people like them say and think will be very important.
I think what the Pope or other religious leaders say on contraception is irrelevant. Read a book called PeopleQuake by Fred Pearce.
https://anonw.wordpress.com/2010/02/03/peoplequake/
It examines the statistics of population on a scientifically-correct basis, cutting out all the doomsayers rhetoric.
Comment by AnonW | March 13, 2013 |