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Originally Posted by Gary Gorski
First of all just because Pope Francis or any other pope says something it does not make it an infallible statement nor is the pope allowed to change church teaching just by giving his opinions.
Now, Francis is correct - Catholics cannot be concerned only with abortion. They should be concerned with those other issues as well. Whether they are "equal" in concern is not an official teaching of the church, that is Francis' opinion but regardless they are obviously important.
In fact your post speaks to the idea that one must be concerned about ALL of those things - which would then make it very hard to claim that Joe Biden is practicing his Catholic faith when he is opposed to the very first item in your quote "the dignity of a human life, which is always sacred"
So you are right, it is not just one issue that makes you Catholic - it is a large group of them but it is also a requirement that you follow all of them and not just the ones that win you political points with your side (as you did happen to include in the quote from Francis)
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So when it comes to who is "Real Catholic", Gary Gorski > Pope, got it.
Pretty cool the guy that defines Christianity for all peoples and God himself is right here on FOFC. I mean, hot damn!
This is an opportunity we haven't fully taken advantage of. I say we spin this off into another thread and you can make a list of all FOFcers who are going to hell, and all who will serve you in your Kingdom of Heaven.