Sunday, April 03, 2005
no more popes.....Catholic religion now can update
Loved ones the pope was a cool guy but a spiritual leader he was not...
Among the human rights issues still crying out for recognition in the church are: gender equality -- including women's ordination, the right of priests to marry ... the right to be respected for one's sexual orientation, and the moral adulthood of the laity in decisions regarding reproduction and the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV-Aids...
Brazilian theologian Leonardo Boff, a leading proponent of controversial liberation theology who was forced out of the priesthood after clashing with the Vatican over politics and religion, said the Pope's views were paradoxical.
"I think this Pope had some contradictory dimensions," Boff told UOL internet television.
"To the outside, he was open and progressive. But inwardly, he was very rigid, very conservative, and for some doctrines, too strict, for example, his doctrines on sexuality, genetics, homosexuality."
Well john is now gone...now is the time for the Catholic Church to address some religious issues which are decayed and continue to negatively impact millions of people....
Our Lord Jesus Christ said," The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on the road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the road. She did not realize it; she had noticed no accident. When she reached her house, she set the jar down and found it empty."
Loved ones include John and all his loved ones in your prayers.