Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Pope Francis condemned the “very strong, organised, reactionary attitude” in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the US Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the US Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

  • realcaseyrollins
    -12•1 year ago

    Didn’t he start supporting gay marriage because that’s the Current Thing position now?

    He’s got some balls to accuse other people of replacing faith with ideology.

    • Kichae
      7•1 year ago

      I don’t think you know what “ideology” means.

    • @vahirua
      6•1 year ago

      I think most religions are a little late on the ball. But any kind of willingness to change is a good thing. And a, what I interpret, statement against, what I interpret, as fundamentalism seems like a good idea.

      • realcaseyrollins
        2•1 year ago

        I think religions are inherently designed to have static principles though, unless the writings of origin are still being written