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.

  • TWeaK
    46•2 years ago

    The Pope is the head of the Roman Catholic church, it’s always been the case that only Catholics really care about what he says.

      • TWeaK
        33•2 years ago

        The Anglican Church is Protestant. Pretty sure they don’t like being called Catholic, they had a whole thing about that.

        • @ProfessorZhu
          9•2 years ago

          Just a minor tiff really, just some spilled tea and crumbled crumpets really

        • @[email protected]
          2•2 years ago

          No, Catholic just means universal. This most Christian denominations claim to the the Catholic, aka, Universal Church. In other words, they mean to say they are the correct denomination.

          • @severien
            14•2 years ago

            In normal conversation, Catholic Church equals Roman Catholic Church.

            See e.g. wiki:

            The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, …

            • @[email protected]
              4•2 years ago

              That doesn’t change the fact that the Anglican Church also considers itself the Catholic Church.

              The Act of Supremacy 1558 renewed the breach, and the Elizabethan Settlement charted a course enabling the English church to describe itself as both Reformed and Catholic.