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.

  • @Ensign_CrabEnglish
    14•1 year ago

    The Catholic Church literally supported Nazis back in the day.

    Pope Francis’ condemnation indicates that at least they learned from that mistake.

    • @jarfil
      -3•1 year ago

      Where “learning” from that mistake means:

      “Hey, check what most people have been thinking about X for the past 50 years… OK, we’ll support that”