As a Catholic who lapsed in high school, only Lent has the power to draw me back in...
But then the Pope has to go and say something infuriating as he did on the way to Cameroon on Tuesday. He stated that condoms were not the safeguard against AIDS, the epidemic roiling the African continent. Instead he advocated for a "spiritual and human awakening" with plans to talk to young Africans about abstinence and monogamy...
I respond to Pope Benedict's comments ... as a once and former Catholic, one who is embarrassed yet again by the only church I have ever known....
Like his predecessor John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI has no intention of altering the teachings of the church for current realities...
How nice it would have been for those of us who can't help the fact that we were born Catholic, to see the church listen and respond to the world we inhabit. Maybe the dons in Rome don't care that I've long since lapsed, but this time of year, I do.
The irrationality and sadness of her words needs no commentary, only prayer.
Let us pray also for lapsed Catholics: that almighty God may remove the veil from their hearts; so that they too may acknowledge Jesus Christ our Lord.
Almighty and eternal God, who dost not exclude from thy mercy even secular faithlessness: hear our prayers, which we offer for the blindness of that people; that acknowledging the light of thy Truth, which is Christ, they may be delivered from their darkness. Through the same Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen
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