From a cradle Catholic in the Philippines who loves Our Lord Jesus, thank you, for your encouragement. Brought a lump to my throat and tears as I remember the pain caused by His Holiness' recent message. He "forgot" that Our Lord said He was the only Way. We respond by becoming saints. But we also defend Christ's teachings. "Extra ecclesia nulla salus," "...it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is His Body." (Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 846) We should bring back our former zeal for the salvation of all who do not yet believe in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Don't mind the negative comments, for "negative" means "unenlightened." I do not agree with what Pope Francis said but, to be sure, I only know what I hear online and do not know the full context (ie, I might be wrong). Regardless, he should come out and walk it back a bit or otherwise clarify and dig in his heels. Anyway, as is usually the case with papal pronouncements that are in no way binding, we should just stay the course. We know our theological truths. Other denominations should see us not blithering trying to defend what the pope said, but instead see us clarifying for him. This is not some setback to Catholicism; it is an opportunity to evangelize a little. Speak the truth, always. As I believe you do. Keep plugging away.
Hey Roger! This is pretty unrelated to your video, but I’ve been wanting to read the origin of species. I was wondering however, if as a Christian there was maybe a resource I could refer to about it as well that you’d recommend? I know next to nothing about Darwin’s work, hence my desire to read it to broaden my perspective as a Christian. Personally I’m pretty undecided about how I reconcile Creationism with Darwinism, or if they can even be reconciled.
Thank you, Mr Maxson. Another great and helpful effort. Your distinctive combination of learning and gentleness always shines through. For me, as a cradle - albeit converted - Catholic man, religious and priest, I believe that Francis is truly the pope, that he is to be respected as a man, that much of what he says is true and that he is deserving of our prayers. However, as a teacher of church history, I have reached the conclusion, regretfully, that he is one of the worst popes ever and, as the late Cardinal Pell put it, his pontificate has been a catastrophe, whatever good it might have done. I do not refer to Francis' personal morality. He is not like the popes of the tenth and fifteenth centuries. There is no reason to doubt that he is a model of the rigtheous life. I refer rather to Francis' way and style of carrying out his unique office within the Church, an office of the utmost gravity and responsibility, an office that comes from God Himself as a gift to His Church. At this level the, the Pope is first and foremost a teacher, the most authoritative teacher in the Church. If you do not teach clearly, you do not teach. And this Pope does not teach clearly. In other words, he does not preach the full gospel of Christ, a serious defect in one who is called the Vicar of Christ. Maybe that one is among the titles he not like that title. It is not so much what he says as what he does not say. This happens time and time again. He comes out with some statement that he knows will be well received and applauded by the secular world, the mass media, liberal politicians, celebrities, etc, but he then fails to 'unpack' it, as it were, in a Catholic sense to bring out the full and balanced meaning in terms of the Christian faith and life. The Singapore incident was an excellent example of this. He stated that he thinks there are many paths to God, that interfaith dialogue is necessary and that there is great need for peaceful co-existence, general tolerance and mutual acceptance of creeds, philosophies and points of view. But he stopped there. He should have gone on to say that Catholics believe that the Christian faith is a unique and divinely inspired path to God because Christ is the only universal Redeemer and that the Catholic Church is the one true Church of that Christ. This combination of welcomed voice followed by an inappropriate strategic silence is seen repeatedly in Francis' tactics on a wide variety of issues - adultery, homsexuality, open borders, climate change, cultural divrsity.................. Francis publicises the "motherhood" statements of Christianity but disregards the hard sayings of Christ. Is He bedazzled by an obsession with popularity? Does he see himself as a celebrity who craves the acceptance of Holywood? Is he a narcissist? Are he and his collaborators working from some kind of preconceived plan or agenda? I wonder if he takes a self-consciously soft line on issues because he wants to let people know that he is distancing himself from his predecessors, those awful, judgmental, rigid popes with their excommunications and anathemas. Hence not wearing the mozetta when introducing himself to the people of Rome on the balcony at the time of his election, the choice of an unpapal (but not objectionable) name, moving out of the Apostolic Palace and into the Casa Santa Marta. If that is the case, it looks a bit too much like attracting attention to himself and suggesting that he is better than the popes who went before him. Furthermore, Francis is not a well-educated pope, he is not a cultivated man and seems to dislike Western civilisation. Either way, after ten years of it, I cannot help but come to the fearful suspicion that Francis' is committed in season and out to seizing every platform, occasion and platform at his disposal to spread scepticism and ambiguity among the faithful as to the received doctrine of the Church. It is a serious fear and not entirely without evidence. I hope I am wrong. God alone knows how and when it will all end.
Absolutely agree with you. Pray for the Pope. He is as human as all of us. To read about all those who are holding their fists up against him …. It is heartbreaking. Whatever it is he is still the vicar of Christ whom those in the Sistine Chapel voted for to sit on the chair of St. Peter. Didn’t Peter deny Jesus three times? Many of us catholics are simple folks and many can see the good works he has done for the poor, those who are marginalised …. For this one phrase he uttered during his recent trip to south east Asia …. Have we paused to take in what this trip has meant to the catholics in these poor countries? The joy they have expressed in seeing the Pope. As frail as he was, he made this 13 day trip to make Catholics in the far remote areas of the world aware that they are all part of the universal church, the Catholic Church. Instead of emphasising what the Pope did wrong, how about praising him for a trip well done.
Peter was not the pope when he denied knowing Jesus. This was not a matter of doctrine and Peter immediately repented. This has nothing in common with Francis.
Jesus' narrative of the Last Judgement is a powerful reason to admire pope Francis' statements. No religion in the Last Judgement, only certain deeds (even if you do not recognize Jesus in your neighbor). Religions are not equal, like cuisines. Some are (to some) more 'nutritional' than others. Christians should know that Jesus was/is aware of this.
Just subscribed. Appreciate your thoughtfulness, humility, charity and solid theology/Biblical understanding. In this spirit, hoping for a charitable answer from someone willing to think with me... no one seems to be talking about the interfaith audience the Pope was addressing in both cases. From my reading, Singapore in particular prides itself on interfaith relationships and dialogue. The Pope was asked to address a group of college students that was not predominantly Christian (forgive me if I'm mistaken). Even if he could have chosen his words better, was he being asked in these two contexts to explain Catholic Faith, or was he asked to encourage charitable interfaith dialogue? In his mind, I think this is what he was trying to do? The day before, the day after, in many other circumstances, he has been faithful to Catholic teaching. I just wonder why this isn’t part of our conversation? Hope to hear good, helpful thoughts! If not, blessings and peace. Praying for our beloved Church.
He has been faithful? You must be blind! He is an imposter, usurper, working to destroy the Church and to establish 1 world religion and a false church for the antichrist. He is the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. Francis of Assisi (non-canonically elected and destroyer) and the vision of 2 popes seen by Anne Catherine Emmerich (one true -- Benedict XVI, the other false -- demolishing the church and building a strange one). Wake up, my brothers and sisters, and reject him and anything Vatican says (for it has been overtaken by freemasons). And follow faithful bishops, archbishops, cardinals, and priests who uphold the 2000 year Traditions, Teachings, and Dogmas of the Church. Soon there will be Schism, after the imposter denies the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, which is the abomination of desolation Our Lord spoke about in Matt 24:15. Then the Mass will be banned and the True Church and faithful Catholics will be subjected to cruelest persecutions. Please make sure to follow the True Church which will go underground, like the early Church during the Roman persecutions. But we should not be afraid! God will never abandon His faithful ones, but protect and lead them safely to coming New Heaven and New earth and the Era of Our Lord's Reign of Peace (Rev 20:4-6, 21:1). Amen!
Back in the day when Church going through storms, Manny saints rise up but now because of fear and too focusing on who's is the cause of the problems, instead of fixing the problems we lose Manny of them
As a CC convert maybe we need to focus on praying for the Pope, yet worrying about our own selves/sins. Not the reverse. That being said, I think the Pope is mostly a lousy communicator (with an essentially good heart). Our shepherds shd be clear bcs if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle (I am paraphrasing a biblical saying).
Thank you for speaking so in a humble, non-combative manner. As for myself, I hope the Pope is right. Many non-christians seek truth and follow their consciences and why should we doubt that the Good Lord will show them mercy as well as us?
Jesus is the only Way to God. We did not come up with that revelation. It's Christ Himself Who said it. So who are we to tweak it and make it less confrontational? All people, including those outside Christianity, need Christ to receive salvation and be with God. We pray for them and do our best to tell them. God works in souls where noone can see. We trust in His mercy. But we can't tell the world something that contradicts Christ's words.
@@peaceandjoy2568 Yes, you're referring to what the Bible says He said. It also quotes Him that those who give to the poor shall enter the kingdom. It says that the merciful shall obtain mercy and if we forgive others our Father in heaven shall forgive us, and that those who love are begotten of God and know God, for God is love. Are we to think that God is incapable of forgiving sincere non-Christians? Or that He is capable but unwilling?
Popesplainer = Catholic If you aren’t a popesplainer you are a Protestant or another religion. I’m tired of “converts” continuing with their Protesting, church shopping and obsession with personality. Get on board- or leave already. A compilation of statements by Pope Francis on Jesus being the only way to salvation: 1. Homily, Casa Santa Marta, November 4, 2016: "There is no other way. Jesus is the door. It is a door that does not deceive. It is a door that does not make us do wrong. Whoever enters through Jesus will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture." 2. General Audience, May 15, 2013: "Jesus is the only way to heaven; to know Him, and to follow Him, is to walk on the way of salvation." 3. Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), 2013, Paragraph 14: "No one is saved by his or her own efforts or works. Rather, we are saved by the grace of God, through faith in Jesus Christ."
Cradle Catholic here. Not bothered in anyway of Pope Francis recent statements. I commend him for his recent trip to southeast asia where Christianity is a minority to strengthen these communities. God bless Pope Francis 🙏
he is already 87 y/o,6 yrs older than biden ,which is already too old for presidency .i just hope next time they elect a new pope,he should be less than 70 y/o. we have good and bad popes .perhaps,he is one of the latter .however,he has done good things for humanity too. many catholics ,who became protestant reverted to His Church ,due to PF.
We live in a world in crisis. Humanity has a need for God, that is why human beings have been looking for God for ever. That is why we have many religions. Many gods. Gods created by humans in their own image. Then the proper thing is to put all this gods to be examined, to be analyzed. Why? Because we as created beings we were giving the capacity to think and to rationalize. When we examine this gods, many of them are eliminated by simple facts. The questions are simple: are they/ these gods, destructive? Do they worship war ? Do they offer human sacrifices? Are they violent? Many more questions should be asked. Then in the final tally we come to the conclusion that each god was or is created in the image of the people, the leader , the so called anointed one. One of those Gods today, in the west, has a name is Secularism. At this point we must use our capacity to think and come to conclusions. For one of these religions, God is presented as Father. He teaches love. He teaches forgiveness. He teaches second chances. He teaches personal sacrifice. He teaches personal peace, then universal peace as result of personal peace. These God is based on the natural law. Let’s look at the plants, let’s look at the animals. Let’s look at change of day and night. A sunset. An storm . He God created them . He is a Father. He is the only god, the rest is politics, make believe, it is grand standing. It is a deception. Let’s look God in humbleness and silence. He or she is there. Look, search and you will find.
To all the naysayers -And what about the Holy Spirit then ? The Holy Spirit is for every body. The Holy Spirit does not belong to only Christians. Christians do not have a monopoly on The Holy Spirit !
The pope means well but is he catholic.? We urgently need a catholic pope with prophetic leadership and a gift for Kerygma Evangelism. Our pope recently confirmed his thinking that all religions lead to God etc. We should be nice and encourage them in their own religion and let them see our kindness. Realy? . I had my life threatened because I led muslums into catechumenate and on to baptisms. Should I rather have been nice and avoided evangelism??? -- Less baptisms but less people taking offence?? Jesus offended many and so much in the end there was violence. Faith comes through hearing the word of God. The Holy Spirit converts and convicts. It may be dangerous but we can do Kerygma Evangelism without being "aggressive" or not loving. Right?
BREAKING: "Vatican updates translation of Pope to make sure it excludes traditional Catholicism from religions that lead to God. 'We didn't want anyone getting confused thinking they can go off and be a traditionalist Catholic.' Said a spokesman from the Vatican. 'When the Pope said that all religions are paths to God, he didn't mean those nasty old rigid rad-trads.' The Vatican hopes that this new translation will help to make it clear that you're still a bad person if you try to obey the historic teachings of the Catholic Church." -Reuters 😂😂😂
Mr. Maxson, just stop would you? Fumbling about in this direction is making Bergoglio look like he did not commit heresy. Preach the Gospel and if necessary, use words.
@kierinmurphy9795 0 seconds ago There was no point at which the Pope said, or even implied, that all religions are equal. To say the different religions are paths to the same God is not to say all those paths are equal. The 'traditionalists" who are deliberately distorting the Pope's words, to suit their own partisan agendas, need to go back to church documents such as Nostra Aetate and Lumem Gentium which explore the relationship between Catholicism and other religions, recognise the commonalities, and clearly express the reality that there are indeed elements of truth in all religions.
Come on! Let’s be more mature!! In Europe churches are closing, the ones that are open, only old falks go to. In central and south america , millions leave the church for the evangelicals, etc. Here you are talking with a nice background music and in a comfortable room. The catholic church is in a very serious and grave crisis, do not try to sugar coat that fact. It starst at the top and goes down to people like you and me. Being honest and speaking the truth of the scriptures is required no matter who we have to put in evidence. Going easy and nice to avoid comfrontation, shows is for cowards and people without courage. If you are not willing to pay a price, stay out.
St. Peter said, "Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love." Whatever the solution, it's decidedly *not* in getting worked up and depressed on social media. Yes, there are issues. Yes, I think the pope's comments should be pushed back against (which is why I did it, for the sake of my Protestant friends). But Christ will not fail. The Church will not fail. And many are coming into the Church in other parts of the world. I understand why you're angry. But living in a state of emotional reaction helps no one, including yourself. Btw, St. Paul loved music, even when in jail and facing death. (Acts 16, Ephesians 5:19) Have a peace filled night.
The church is built in the centre of the community. The churches in Europe are very old and empty mostly because the community is no more there , their offspring do not live there anymore.... In USA Catholicism is on the rise.
Mr. Commentator. Saint Paul was not as nice as you. He was not as soft as you. He was a Saint that spoke directly without sugar and honey and music. He did not compromise with nobody, and he paid the ultimate price. Some christians today, do not want to face reality and treat the current crisis like puppies and chickens, softly and easy going. That is why the catholic church is a state of disgrace. It is being run by chickens and wolfs. It is being sold to the world.
From a cradle Catholic in the Philippines who loves Our Lord Jesus, thank you, for your encouragement. Brought a lump to my throat and tears as I remember the pain caused by His Holiness' recent message. He "forgot" that Our Lord said He was the only Way.
We respond by becoming saints. But we also defend Christ's teachings.
"Extra ecclesia nulla salus," "...it means that all salvation comes from Christ the Head through the Church which is His Body."
(Catechism of the Catholic Church paragraph 846)
We should bring back our former zeal for the salvation of all who do not yet believe in Our Lord Jesus Christ.
Don't mind the negative comments, for "negative" means "unenlightened." I do not agree with what Pope Francis said but, to be sure, I only know what I hear online and do not know the full context (ie, I might be wrong). Regardless, he should come out and walk it back a bit or otherwise clarify and dig in his heels. Anyway, as is usually the case with papal pronouncements that are in no way binding, we should just stay the course. We know our theological truths. Other denominations should see us not blithering trying to defend what the pope said, but instead see us clarifying for him. This is not some setback to Catholicism; it is an opportunity to evangelize a little. Speak the truth, always. As I believe you do. Keep plugging away.
It's well past time that we come together to call out Bergoglio for the anti-Catholic destroyer that he is. He rejects the Faith.
Thanks for helping keep things in perspective ❤
Hey Roger! This is pretty unrelated to your video, but I’ve been wanting to read the origin of species. I was wondering however, if as a Christian there was maybe a resource I could refer to about it as well that you’d recommend? I know next to nothing about Darwin’s work, hence my desire to read it to broaden my perspective as a Christian. Personally I’m pretty undecided about how I reconcile Creationism with Darwinism, or if they can even be reconciled.
Thank you, Mr Maxson. Another great and helpful effort. Your distinctive combination of learning and gentleness always shines through.
For me, as a cradle - albeit converted - Catholic man, religious and priest, I believe that Francis is truly the pope, that he is to be respected as a man, that much of what he says is true and that he is deserving of our prayers. However, as a teacher of church history, I have reached the conclusion, regretfully, that he is one of the worst popes ever and, as the late Cardinal Pell put it, his pontificate has been a catastrophe, whatever good it might have done. I do not refer to Francis' personal morality. He is not like the popes of the tenth and fifteenth centuries. There is no reason to doubt that he is a model of the rigtheous life.
I refer rather to Francis' way and style of carrying out his unique office within the Church, an office of the utmost gravity and responsibility, an office that comes from God Himself as a gift to His Church. At this level the, the Pope is first and foremost a teacher, the most authoritative teacher in the Church. If you do not teach clearly, you do not teach. And this Pope does not teach clearly. In other words, he does not preach the full gospel of Christ, a serious defect in one who is called the Vicar of Christ. Maybe that one is among the titles he not like that title.
It is not so much what he says as what he does not say. This happens time and time again. He comes out with some statement that he knows will be well received and applauded by the secular world, the mass media, liberal politicians, celebrities, etc, but he then fails to 'unpack' it, as it were, in a Catholic sense to bring out the full and balanced meaning in terms of the Christian faith and life. The Singapore incident was an excellent example of this. He stated that he thinks there are many paths to God, that interfaith dialogue is necessary and that there is great need for peaceful co-existence, general tolerance and mutual acceptance of creeds, philosophies and points of view. But he stopped there. He should have gone on to say that Catholics believe that the Christian faith is a unique and divinely inspired path to God because Christ is the only universal Redeemer and that the Catholic Church is the one true Church of that Christ. This combination of welcomed voice followed by an inappropriate strategic silence is seen repeatedly in Francis' tactics on a wide variety of issues - adultery, homsexuality, open borders, climate change, cultural divrsity..................
Francis publicises the "motherhood" statements of Christianity but disregards the hard sayings of Christ. Is He bedazzled by an obsession with popularity? Does he see himself as a celebrity who craves the acceptance of Holywood? Is he a narcissist? Are he and his collaborators working from some kind of preconceived plan or agenda? I wonder if he takes a self-consciously soft line on issues because he wants to let people know that he is distancing himself from his predecessors, those awful, judgmental, rigid popes with their excommunications and anathemas. Hence not wearing the mozetta when introducing himself to the people of Rome on the balcony at the time of his election, the choice of an unpapal (but not objectionable) name, moving out of the Apostolic Palace and into the Casa Santa Marta. If that is the case, it looks a bit too much like attracting attention to himself and suggesting that he is better than the popes who went before him. Furthermore, Francis is not a well-educated pope, he is not a cultivated man and seems to dislike Western civilisation.
Either way, after ten years of it, I cannot help but come to the fearful suspicion that Francis' is committed in season and out to seizing every platform, occasion and platform at his disposal to spread scepticism and ambiguity among the faithful as to the received doctrine of the Church. It is a serious fear and not entirely without evidence. I hope I am wrong. God alone knows how and when it will all end.
Absolutely agree with you. Pray for the Pope. He is as human as all of us. To read about all those who are holding their fists up against him …. It is heartbreaking. Whatever it is he is still the vicar of Christ whom those in the Sistine Chapel voted for to sit on the chair of St. Peter. Didn’t Peter deny Jesus three times? Many of us catholics are simple folks and many can see the good works he has done for the poor, those who are marginalised …. For this one phrase he uttered during his recent trip to south east Asia …. Have we paused to take in what this trip has meant to the catholics in these poor countries? The joy they have expressed in seeing the Pope. As frail as he was, he made this 13 day trip to make Catholics in the far remote areas of the world aware that they are all part of the universal church, the Catholic Church. Instead of emphasising what the Pope did wrong, how about praising him for a trip well done.
Peter was not the pope when he denied knowing Jesus. This was not a matter of doctrine and Peter immediately repented. This has nothing in common with Francis.
i feel you. but for someone who needs to silence the world, it is sufficient to just follow the catechism if they have any questions
Jesus' narrative of the Last Judgement is a powerful reason to admire pope Francis' statements. No religion in the Last Judgement, only certain deeds (even if you do not recognize Jesus in your neighbor). Religions are not equal, like cuisines. Some are (to some) more 'nutritional' than others. Christians should know that Jesus was/is aware of this.
Thank you.
Just subscribed. Appreciate your thoughtfulness, humility, charity and solid theology/Biblical understanding.
In this spirit, hoping for a charitable answer from someone willing to think with me... no one seems to be talking about the interfaith audience the Pope was addressing in both cases. From my reading, Singapore in particular prides itself on interfaith relationships and dialogue. The Pope was asked to address a group of college students that was not predominantly Christian (forgive me if I'm mistaken). Even if he could have chosen his words better, was he being asked in these two contexts to explain Catholic Faith, or was he asked to encourage charitable interfaith dialogue? In his mind, I think this is what he was trying to do? The day before, the day after, in many other circumstances, he has been faithful to Catholic teaching. I just wonder why this isn’t part of our conversation?
Hope to hear good, helpful thoughts! If not, blessings and peace. Praying for our beloved Church.
He has been faithful? You must be blind! He is an imposter, usurper, working to destroy the Church and to establish 1 world religion and a false church for the antichrist. He is the fulfillment of the prophecy of St. Francis of Assisi (non-canonically elected and destroyer) and the vision of 2 popes seen by Anne Catherine Emmerich (one true -- Benedict XVI, the other false -- demolishing the church and building a strange one).
Wake up, my brothers and sisters, and reject him and anything Vatican says (for it has been overtaken by freemasons). And follow faithful bishops, archbishops, cardinals, and priests who uphold the 2000 year Traditions, Teachings, and Dogmas of the Church. Soon there will be Schism, after the imposter denies the Real Presence of Christ in the Holy Eucharist, which is the abomination of desolation Our Lord spoke about in Matt 24:15. Then the Mass will be banned and the True Church and faithful Catholics will be subjected to cruelest persecutions.
Please make sure to follow the True Church which will go underground, like the early Church during the Roman persecutions. But we should not be afraid! God will never abandon His faithful ones, but protect and lead them safely to coming New Heaven and New earth and the Era of Our Lord's Reign of Peace (Rev 20:4-6, 21:1). Amen!
As a cradle Catholic, who is really and truly Catholic in my marrow, I am not in the habit of critiquing the Holy Father.
When he was elected, he said to the world "pray for me". He meant it
He also said the first day "I CAME TO MAKE A MESS" pray for him
Remember Jesus said to Peter get behind me satin
Back in the day when Church going through storms, Manny saints rise up but now because of fear and too focusing on who's is the cause of the problems, instead of fixing the problems we lose Manny of them
As a CC convert maybe we need to focus on praying for the Pope, yet worrying about our own selves/sins. Not the reverse. That being said, I think the Pope is mostly a lousy communicator (with an essentially good heart). Our shepherds shd be clear bcs if the trumpet makes an uncertain sound, who will prepare for battle (I am paraphrasing a biblical saying).
Thank you for speaking so in a humble, non-combative manner. As for myself, I hope the Pope is right. Many non-christians seek truth and follow their consciences and why should we doubt that the Good Lord will show them mercy as well as us?
Francis wasn't discussing invincible ignorance.
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@@littlerock5256 Agreed...God's mercy can go well beyond that.
Jesus is the only Way to God. We did not come up with that revelation. It's Christ Himself Who said it. So who are we to tweak it and make it less confrontational? All people, including those outside Christianity, need Christ to receive salvation and be with God. We pray for them and do our best to tell them. God works in souls where noone can see. We trust in His mercy.
But we can't tell the world something that contradicts Christ's words.
@@peaceandjoy2568 Yes, you're referring to what the Bible says He said. It also quotes Him that those who give to the poor shall enter the kingdom. It says that the merciful shall obtain mercy and if we forgive others our Father in heaven shall forgive us, and that those who love are begotten of God and know God, for God is love. Are we to think that God is incapable of forgiving sincere non-Christians? Or that He is capable but unwilling?
Popesplainer = Catholic
If you aren’t a popesplainer you are a Protestant or another religion. I’m tired of “converts” continuing with their Protesting, church shopping and obsession with personality. Get on board- or leave already.
A compilation of statements by Pope Francis on Jesus being the only way to salvation:
1. Homily, Casa Santa Marta, November 4, 2016:
"There is no other way. Jesus is the door. It is a door that does not deceive. It is a door that does not make us do wrong. Whoever enters through Jesus will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture."
2. General Audience, May 15, 2013:
"Jesus is the only way to heaven; to know Him, and to follow Him, is to walk on the way of salvation."
3. Evangelii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), 2013,
Paragraph 14:
"No one is saved by his or her own efforts or works. Rather, we are saved by the grace of God, through faith in Jesus Christ."
Cradle Catholic here. Not bothered in anyway of Pope Francis recent statements. I commend him for his recent trip to southeast asia where Christianity is a minority to strengthen these communities. God bless Pope Francis 🙏
he is already 87 y/o,6 yrs older than biden ,which is already too old for presidency .i just hope next time they elect a new pope,he should be less than 70 y/o. we have good and bad popes .perhaps,he is one of the latter .however,he has done good things for humanity too. many catholics ,who became protestant reverted to His Church ,due to PF.
We live in a world in crisis. Humanity has a need for God, that is why human beings have been looking for God for ever. That is why we have many religions. Many gods. Gods created by humans in their own image. Then the proper thing is to put all this gods to be examined, to be analyzed. Why? Because we as created beings we were giving the capacity to think and to rationalize. When we examine this gods, many of them are eliminated by simple facts. The questions are simple: are they/ these gods, destructive? Do they worship war ? Do they offer human sacrifices? Are they violent? Many more questions should be asked. Then in the final tally we come to the conclusion that each god was or is created in the image of the people, the leader , the so called anointed one. One of those Gods today, in the west, has a name is Secularism. At this point we must use our capacity to think and come to conclusions. For one of these religions, God is presented as Father. He teaches love. He teaches forgiveness. He teaches second chances. He teaches personal sacrifice. He teaches personal peace, then universal peace as result of personal peace. These God is based on the natural law. Let’s look at the plants, let’s look at the animals. Let’s look at change of day and night. A sunset. An storm . He God created them . He is a Father. He is the only god, the rest is politics, make believe, it is grand standing. It is a deception. Let’s look God in humbleness and silence. He or she is there. Look, search and you will find.
To all the naysayers -And what about the Holy Spirit then ?
The Holy Spirit is for every body.
The Holy Spirit does not belong to only Christians.
Christians do not have a monopoly on The Holy Spirit !
The pope means well but is he catholic.? We urgently need a catholic pope with prophetic leadership and a gift for Kerygma Evangelism. Our pope recently confirmed his thinking that all religions lead to God etc. We should be nice and encourage them in their own religion and let them see our kindness. Realy? . I had my life threatened because I led muslums into catechumenate and on to baptisms. Should I rather have been nice and avoided evangelism??? -- Less baptisms but less people taking offence?? Jesus offended many and so much in the end there was violence. Faith comes through hearing the word of God. The Holy Spirit converts and convicts. It may be dangerous but we can do Kerygma Evangelism without being "aggressive" or not loving. Right?
BREAKING: "Vatican updates translation of Pope to make sure it excludes traditional Catholicism from religions that lead to God.
'We didn't want anyone getting confused thinking they can go off and be a traditionalist Catholic.' Said a spokesman from the Vatican.
'When the Pope said that all religions are paths to God, he didn't mean those nasty old rigid rad-trads.'
The Vatican hopes that this new translation will help to make it clear that you're still a bad person if you try to obey the historic teachings of the Catholic Church." -Reuters
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Mr. Maxson, just stop would you? Fumbling about in this direction is making Bergoglio look like he did not commit heresy. Preach the Gospel and if necessary, use words.
Will you stop woth your schismatic comments?
Goes both ways buddy.
@@vaderkurt7848🙈
The truth hurts you???
Be a big boy and take it!!
You stop being an inmature ignorant.
Your comment doesn't fit with what was said in the video. (I see your handle. Good on you for standing against Marxism)
@@rafaelprado1042 Claiming the pope isn't the pope is schismatic.
Who isn't disturbed? However, that doesn't give us permission to bash him..but to pray for him in earnest!
You are confused, mate.
Not discouraged…more disgusted.
@kierinmurphy9795
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There was no point at which the Pope said, or even implied, that all religions are equal. To say the different religions are paths to the same God is not to say all those paths are equal. The 'traditionalists" who are deliberately distorting the Pope's words, to suit their own partisan agendas, need to go back to church documents such as Nostra Aetate and Lumem Gentium which explore the relationship between Catholicism and other religions, recognise the commonalities, and clearly express the reality that there are indeed elements of truth in all religions.
Come on!
Let’s be more mature!!
In Europe churches are closing, the ones that are open, only old falks go to. In central and south america , millions leave the church for the evangelicals, etc.
Here you are talking with a nice background music and in a comfortable room.
The catholic church is in a very serious and grave crisis, do not try to sugar coat that fact.
It starst at the top and goes down to people like you and me.
Being honest and speaking the truth of the scriptures is required no matter who we have to put in evidence.
Going easy and nice to avoid comfrontation, shows is for cowards and people without courage.
If you are not willing to pay a price, stay out.
St. Peter said, "Make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue, and virtue with knowledge, and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love."
Whatever the solution, it's decidedly *not* in getting worked up and depressed on social media.
Yes, there are issues. Yes, I think the pope's comments should be pushed back against (which is why I did it, for the sake of my Protestant friends). But Christ will not fail. The Church will not fail. And many are coming into the Church in other parts of the world. I understand why you're angry. But living in a state of emotional reaction helps no one, including yourself.
Btw, St. Paul loved music, even when in jail and facing death.
(Acts 16, Ephesians 5:19)
Have a peace filled night.
The church is built in the centre of the community.
The churches in Europe are very old and empty mostly because the community is no more there , their offspring do not live there anymore....
In USA Catholicism is on the rise.
Whatever you think, Pope Francisco is the Holy Father and we must pray for him as he is St Peter for us.
Mr. Commentator.
Saint Paul was not as nice as you. He was not as soft as you.
He was a Saint that spoke directly without sugar and honey and music.
He did not compromise with nobody, and he paid the ultimate price.
Some christians today, do not want to face reality and treat the current crisis like puppies and chickens, softly and easy going.
That is why the catholic church is a state of disgrace.
It is being run by chickens and wolfs.
It is being sold to the world.