Conservative Gloves Coming Off | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Pharisees are simply believers in the resurrection. Jesus was in that party too, which is why he felt free to criticize them. That fact is why the right wing prelates feel so upset by this pope, they thought he was one of them. Heaven help them when he actually sees the need to re-examine much of what was thought to be sacrosanct, because the Church will not survive if he does not - and we are told the Church will always survive (as there is no reason to believe we are in the end of days).
I suspect the way he might fudge this is to unify with Constantinople and allow autocephalus patriarchies full freedom to deal with these issues - so that an American or non-African English speaking Patriarch might open the door for female deacons, or even female priests, bishops or patriarchs (actually, matriarchs) as well as same sex marriage, which the body of the faithful will also demand - while the African Church could reunify with the Copts under His Holiness, the Patriarch of Alexandria with several linguistic patriarchs in that Church that would hold fast against homosexuality but may ease the rules on polygamy.
Expect this sooner than later, as when both Francis and Benedict die, the next pope will be an anti-pope who will take the name Peter and be a counter-revolutionary - inviting and getting biblical destruction of the city of Rome (or maybe he will be there during rioting - when he is killed according to our Lady). That's right, I am a liberal that believes in ancient Catholic and Marian prophesies.
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