There’s been lots of handwringing in some Catholic circles about Amoris Laetitia, and just today about the Pope’s supposed words about women deacons; and as always it leads me to the same reflection: if the Catholic Church is the universal Church established by Jesus Christ and sustained by the Holy Spirit that Jesus promised the Gates of Hell would not prevail against, then Francis has not the power to destroy it, even if he wanted to. And if the Catholic Church is not the universal Church established by Jesus Christ, etc., etc., then the sooner it vanishes the better, for it is leading the faithful astray.
There’s really no middle ground.
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