Hi Mr. Conte, i've recently found your work and have really learned a lot. Regarding the scenario of a heretic being elected pope - would the same argument apply - Indefectibility and never failing faith would prevent it? Any other thought you have on that would be great.
Hi Ronald, thank you for your writing which I have been reading for a while. I did the RCIA last year and one of the things I agonised most over before converting was the doctrine of infallibility, precisely because whenever I researched it on the internet I found so many (mainly American) Catholic websites, blogs etc. accusing Francis of heresy. It made me doubt infallibility and in turn Catholicism in general. It even made me start to believe that the Pope wasn't a good Catholic! The writers don't realise how much damage they are doing to the faith. Thankfully, I came across your website and it helped me to see sense. I have a couple of questions about the widespread dissent in the Church: 1. is the level of dissent among clergy and bishops a modern phenomenon or is it just that people's views are more widely publised in today's world? I'm thinking particularly of the German bishops who seem to be openly and publicly contradicting Church teaching, mainly on marriage and communion. 2. do you think that God is using Pope Francis to draw out previously-hidden dissenters on both sides, by emboldening liberals and aggravating conservatives? It occurred to me that perhaps God is using the Holy Father to bring dissent and heresy within the Church out into the light in order to purify it. Is this something you believe?
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on Taylor Marshall’s recent post criticizing Cardinal Sarah. Many of TM’s followers are fans of Cardinal Sarah, and I hope they take to heart his ( the Cardinal’s) recent comments on Pope Francis, and ignore the comments of TM! This comment should really be on your blog, sorry, but I still can’t comment there, I am working on this! I have been very cheered by Cardinal Sarah’s faithfulness, I have every hope that he may be the next Pope.
When I argued the point that you make here, that the Church cannot be infiltrated by evil, on a live chat on the channel of one of the Papal accusers, I was told that this means that I do not believe in the words of the BVM in her apparitions at La Salette and Fatima. What is a good response to this?
Hi Mr. Conte, i've recently found your work and have really learned a lot. Regarding the scenario of a heretic being elected pope - would the same argument apply - Indefectibility and never failing faith would prevent it? Any other thought you have on that would be great.
Hi Ronald, thank you for your writing which I have been reading for a while. I did the RCIA last year and one of the things I agonised most over before converting was the doctrine of infallibility, precisely because whenever I researched it on the internet I found so many (mainly American) Catholic websites, blogs etc. accusing Francis of heresy. It made me doubt infallibility and in turn Catholicism in general. It even made me start to believe that the Pope wasn't a good Catholic! The writers don't realise how much damage they are doing to the faith. Thankfully, I came across your website and it helped me to see sense. I have a couple of questions about the widespread dissent in the Church: 1. is the level of dissent among clergy and bishops a modern phenomenon or is it just that people's views are more widely publised in today's world? I'm thinking particularly of the German bishops who seem to be openly and publicly contradicting Church teaching, mainly on marriage and communion. 2. do you think that God is using Pope Francis to draw out previously-hidden dissenters on both sides, by emboldening liberals and aggravating conservatives? It occurred to me that perhaps God is using the Holy Father to bring dissent and heresy within the Church out into the light in order to purify it. Is this something you believe?
I would be very interested to hear your thoughts on Taylor Marshall’s recent post criticizing Cardinal Sarah. Many of TM’s followers are fans of Cardinal Sarah, and I hope they take to heart his ( the Cardinal’s) recent comments on Pope Francis, and ignore the comments of TM! This comment should really be on your blog, sorry, but I still can’t comment there, I am working on this! I have been very cheered by Cardinal Sarah’s faithfulness, I have every hope that he may be the next Pope.
When I argued the point that you make here, that the Church cannot be infiltrated by evil, on a live chat on the channel of one of the Papal accusers, I was told that this means that I do not believe in the words of the BVM in her apparitions at La Salette and Fatima. What is a good response to this?