Do you find his words hypocritical? Do you think he is really corrupt? Is one of the most boring Pope's ever? He doesn't do anything that is attention worthy. Do you find anyhting else that is good or wrong or bad or ugly about the man I used to call the Leader of my Faith? Just curious, serious answers from REAL Catholics please.
P.S. F.Y.I I am a former Catholic so don't feed me the "You don't know what goes on in the RCC" I have been to the Vatican and I have seen both Popes in person. Nothing to be amazed at.
2007-08-10 19:11:50 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sorry about the confusion: I have seen both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict my bad they were/are the Popes of my generation
2007-08-10 19:22:38 · update #1
Lite Kynes: Benie has made several statements that are judgemental towards other Christians. Especially when he says that anyone not of the Catholic faith and claims to be a Christian is false. That is a lie. Just because he is the leader of the RCC doesnt mean he has the right to tell who is going to heaven or hell by way of their beliefs.
I dont care about his audiences, I have seen him in person, and I dont care for him.. He is overrated. It is in my opinion that John Paul II was the better Pope so far. he never made such comments concerning other Christians. And when i say he is corrupt, I mean the entire RCC is a corrupt organization. Dont try to tell me I am wrong, I used to be Catholic, and I know what went down.
And since your grammar seems short spanned. The qustion is "How do you as a Catholic feel about Pope Beni and his actions"
2007-08-11 14:17:10 · update #2
I don't think he's hypocritical in the sense you mean, or corrupt. I think he's getting a lot of flak for teaching the way the church beliefs are supposed to be taught, and handling it about like you'd expect
Personally, I don't agree with what he said about who is going to get to heaven and who won't, but that's not that he isn't teaching Catholicism. I don't blame him for what he says, it's part of what he has to do to lead the "faithful", teach without compromise.
I would hope that getting out of the church has brought me to a place where I don't blame and judge others like I did while I was in the church, so don't ask me to say where he's "wrong", "good", "bad" or "ugly".
I just don't care.
I think he was chosen because he wouldn't rock the boat, start Vatican III, or in any way reverse what JPII accomplished.
2007-08-10 19:26:58 · answer #1 · answered by Mandaladreamer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
*Is Catholic*
I like Pope Benedict XVI very much.
1. How is he hypocritical? What do you mean?
2. What do you mean by corruption? If you know much about Pope Benedict he was constantly working when he was Ratzinger to remove corruption from the Church, especially that of corrupt doctrine. He is working at the moment to reform the Curia and the Vatican. It is all behind the scenes but if you know your sources you can find out what is going on.
3. Anything worth attention? Really? You don't say that giving up the title "Patriarch of the West", or freeing the older form of the Mass, or reorganizing the Church's mission to Islam, etc. are notable?
4. Pope Benedict has a wonderful mind. You should try to read what he writes, it is all very good very Christian very Christ centered.
5. Nothing to be amazed at? Perhaps you should be amazed at how many people are there. The attendance for the audiences and public appearances are way up over Pope John Paul II's.
2007-08-11 10:24:05 · answer #2 · answered by Liet Kynes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wow! You've seen both popes!
For some reason, I thought that there were more than 2.
As for Pope Benny, he seems OK. He hasn't had time to settle in and make any amazing changes the way that JP2 did. I almost wonder if there are any (acceptable) improvements left to make. Benny is not going to go against Church tradition in any significant way, I suspect.
I wonder how long into his reign it was before JP2 made any significant announcements - like the religious garment requirement, or the halt of the mission to the Jews, or the beginning of the new catechism. I don't think those things happened in the first year.
Give Benny a chance.
Jim, former RC, still a Christian
P.S. to James B - Limbo has not been abolished.
2007-08-10 19:20:15 · answer #3 · answered by JimPettis 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Pope is an educated and common christian. Selected and by chance reached a high religious level in mens selection. He is leader Ok. Inner heart only God knows. Grades before does not cross from poppery he has his own systme based on purity of actions and hearts.
2007-08-10 19:17:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think the world has always ignored the foibles of the Catholic church because it is the richest entity on the planet. They were never taken to task for their involvement with the Nazi's, or their condemnation of the Jews, or the Inquisition, or the Knights Templar, or Priests making sexual playthings out of the children of their congregations, or etc...etc...etc.....
When it comes down to it...the Catholic church owns the Golden Calf and they feed to whoever they think it will influence. In my humble opinion of course.
2007-08-10 19:20:48 · answer #5 · answered by Ice 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm a former Catholic too. I don't follow the popes very closely but abolishing Limbo was a good move.
2007-08-10 19:18:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i don't like (no offense) the whole idea that the catholics hold that you need a mediator to speak to god. hence the popes and fathers in catholic churches.
2007-08-10 19:18:13 · answer #7 · answered by monkey_going_bananas 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I really don't know how his actions could be anything other than "...as a Catholic..." He's not a Lutheran or Protestant, so everything he does is. as you say, "...as a Catholic..."
Personally, as a former Catholic, I don't care
2007-08-10 19:16:53 · answer #8 · answered by Always Curious 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I just like his eggs. Hollandaise heart attack, baby!
2007-08-10 19:36:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋