A New Pope is Chosen, Will it Signal a New Enlightened Age in Church Thinking? Likely Not...

by: Les Carpenter
Rational Nation USA
Liberty -vs- Tyranny



The Catholic Cardinals elected a "new" 76 year old Pope, hereafter known as Pope Francis. Early indications are the "new" Pope will carry on the outdated doctrines of past religious dogma and bigotry. One would think sooner, rather than later, the Church, and by Church I mean the congregations of the faithful, would demand real ethical/moral change in the Church hierarchy.

However, when all is said and done, the Catholic Church is as close to a dictatorship as any statist nation ever was. I'm certainly not a Catholic, or even a "believer" in the conventional sense, but I feel safe in stating that unless the Catholic Church changes its dogma to reflect modern science and 21st century thinking it will, like the rEpublican party in America find itself becoming less relevant.

GAWKER - Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now to be known forever as Pope Francis, sounds likeable enough, to people who are disposed to like high-ranking men of the cloth. The 76-year-old Argentine is reportedly marked by a devotion to the poor and a cultivated humility—he doesn't like limos or fancy palaces, you see, favoring public transportation and sparse apartments over luxury.

But anyone who was looking for a liberal reformer in the Vatican is probably going to keep waiting. The vast majority of American Catholics now find birth control morally acceptable, and 54 percent of American Catholics now support same-sex marriage. Optimists thought this might signal that the next supreme leader of Catholicism would himself—but certainly not herself! ha ha! that would be crazy—reflect the forward momentum of his adherents. Yesterday, Pope Francis looked down upon thousands of people gathered beneath his Vatican City balcony, and millions watching around the world, and effectively said, "Nope."

In honor of all of the papacy's cloak-and-dagger skullduggery, let's start with the rumors: Though he was never directly charged with aiding and abetting Argentina's murderous dictatorial regime during the country's infamous "Dirty War," years later a journalist would accuse Bergoglio of hiding imprisoned victims from human-rights workers. These allegations were detailed by Hugh O'Shaughnessy in the Guardian in 2011 (emphasis ours):

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If it's any consolation—and if you're gay it's probably not—the Guardian reports that, despite his many conservative stances (and possible war crimes), Pope Francis believes condoms "can be permissible" to prevent the passage of infection. It only took thousands of years, but there you have it: Condoms might possibly be OK in order to help prevent scores and scores of people from constantly dying of AIDS. Welcome to progress, Catholic style.

Via: Memeorandum

Comments

  1. Shaw KenaweThu Mar 14, 10:49:00 PM EDT

    The only thing "new" about this pope is that he comes from the new world, the Americas.

    And that's it.

    Nothing will change.

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    1. Les CarpenterThu Mar 14, 11:25:00 PM EDT

      You are likely correct Shaw. Unfortunaly.

      On a related note the same can be said of the faith of Islam.

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  2. Shaw KenaweThu Mar 14, 10:54:00 PM EDT

    I forgot to include this excellent article from the New York Review of Books by Garry Wills. He was educated by the Jesuits as was the "new" pope, and Wills is a devout Catholic, but understands how the RCC has failed in fundamental ways in its purpose. I don't always agree with him, but I always admire his scholarship and erudition.

    "Does The Pope Matter?"

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  3. Jersey McJonesFri Mar 15, 02:30:00 AM EDT

    You can thank the Jesuits, Les, for a lot of modern science and 21st Century thinking. This is a very unusual choice for a Pope.

    As well, your understanding of the Church is a little weird. It's not nearly as dogmatic and hierarchical as you think. The Catholic Church is a huge institution, tending a billion flock, with all sorts of variations and permutations.

    Remember too, compared to modern American evangelicals, when it comes to most modern thought and science, the Catholic Church may as well be the MIT physics department.

    JMJ

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    1. dmarksFri Mar 15, 08:24:00 AM EDT

      Jersey: True.... the Catholics tend to accept evolution, for one example.

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  4. Ducky's hereFri Mar 15, 10:36:00 AM EDT

    I was listening to Democracy Now regarding the "Dirty War" allegations and Amy Goodman was really
    trying to push her guest into implicating the Pope but he stood pretty firm.

    No there, there on this one.

    Meanwhile, Cardinal Law still will not appear before a grand jury and female sexuality will still
    continue to terrify fundamentalist followers of Abrahamic religions.

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  5. dmarksSat Mar 16, 05:04:00 AM EDT

    I am curious if the Pope has said anything about the resurgence in Argentine imperialism (I.e. the threats to trash the Falklands).

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