Having gone to Catholic grade school, I did hear some talk from the nuns regarding the demonically possessed...scary way back then as a kid. Pope Francis declares support for exorcisms...http://www.livescience.com/48563-pope-francis-supports-exorcisms.html
Pope Francis Declares Support for Exorcisms
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Too bad they haven't mentioned support for the Ebola victims in Africa ... something with much larger numbers and a much more concrete basis in reality.
But, hey - Catholicism.
But, hey - Catholicism.
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They still believe that stuff?
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Didn't the Pope just do an about-face about homosexual marriages, too? Or did I hear that wrong?
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You mean this one??
Pope on homosexuals: 'Who am I to judge?'
Pope on homosexuals: 'Who am I to judge?'
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I'm not sure ... they had some kind of a big annual meeting last month and, while he said that gay marriage was okay, a lot of people thought there was a hidden message.
Of course, it might have just been wishful hearing.
I'm not sure ... they had some kind of a big annual meeting last month and, while he said that gay marriage was okay, a lot of people thought there was a hidden message.
Of course, it might have just been wishful hearing.
Is there actually hope the catholic church will move forward from the middle ages?
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I don't think he actually said Gay marriage was "OK".... I think he said that everyone was welcome on the church... big difference.
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There you go! That's probably what I had read, and why there was some debate about it - thanks!
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He also said that divorced and remarried people are welcome in the church.
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Pope Francis initially sounded as if did accept gay marriage along with his "who am I to judge" statement but quickly reiterated the church's longstanding opinion that "marriage is between a man and a woman."
Of course he didn't address the high divorce rate that accompanies heterosexual marriages.
Of course he didn't address the high divorce rate that accompanies heterosexual marriages.
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THAT was it - thanks, Chris! I knew there was a turn-around somewhere in there.
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It seems to be quite complicated.
If you immediately go to confession you are allowed to take Communion, but only if you were the "innocent" half of the divorce.
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Lol, now I know why myself and some others have drifted away from the church!
I know, right? (There's another one of those clichés!)
Learning Latin with Braille textbooks would be easier ...
Silly man, and I thought he was doing quite well as Pope too. Demons don't exist and exorcisms are crazy hocus pocus!
I'm an ex-catholic (since age 18) but my husband is still catholic and does go to mass most Sundays. He doesn't go to confession but he always takes communion. He is divorced. And he doesn't believe in all the churches rules. According to the catholic church my children are illegitimate because I wasn't married in the church. Whatever.