Pope, Gays and Divorcees Lose Vote

[Big Guy]

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J. was elected Pope, it was heralded as a refreshing new approach and an opening for the Catholic Church to review its policies on marriage, divorce and homosexuality. His actions and humility soon endeared him to the populace. When he convened a Catholic Church Synod and suggested that it was time to open new pages of acceptance of the reality of human sexuality it was expected that finally, this new leader would lead his Church into the 21^st century.

Pope Francis submitted suggestions that welcoming gay people and remarried Catholics should be the next approach.

Unfortunately, the promise of enlightenment was soon dispelled by the rest of those very old unmarried guys. A few agreed with the Pope but the two thirds majority was not achieved.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-29677779

The 190 Bishops voted on 4 major issues;

http://www.cruxnow.com/church/2014/10/19/votes-on-four-key-sections-reveal-synods-fault-lines/

The vote created an uncomfortable rift between the attending Bishops and locked the Vatican into a few more years of darkness and intolerance.

Too bad.

BTW What happened to the concept of papal infallibility?

[Guest]

I guess change takes time. I think they have started down an irreversible path. Well, I hope they have, anyway.

[eyeball]

They'll never catch up.

[overthere]

The vote created an uncomfortable rift between the attending Bishops and locked the Vatican into a few more millenia years of darkness and intolerance.

The prime purpose of the Vatican is not to serve the faithful, enlighten humanity, spread compassion and hope or any of the stuff cranked out dutifully by the PR department forever.

The purpose of Church Admin HQ including the Pope and cardinals is to ensure the survival of the Church. They will not act on anything unless it is a threat to the money, power and prestige enjoyed by senior management for over two thousand years. There is not enough pressure on them from gays and the divorced to matter. Look at the disgusting, far reaching, top to bottom horror of pedophilia and child rape in the Church in recent years. It shook the team, but they are still all generating revenue on every continent. What chance do a few homos or divorcees have in swaying these Masters of the Universe??