{"id":1487,"date":"2014-10-18T12:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-18T12:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2014\/10\/some-different-news-about-the-synod.html"},"modified":"2014-10-18T12:15:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-18T12:15:00","slug":"some-different-news-about-the-synod","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2014\/10\/some-different-news-about-the-synod.html","title":{"rendered":"Some different news about the Synod"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Given the disastrous public relations record of the recently begun Synod on the Family, most Catholic reactions have been along the line of \u2018calm down\u2019. \u00a0That\u2019s fair. \u00a0It won\u2019t really matter until the last signature is down and the Pope has spoken. \u00a0And that\u2019s a long way down the road. \u00a0Liberals and secularists are hoping, of course, that this is the first small step toward turning the Catholic Church down the path of post-Christian liberalism. \u00a0Traditionalists and Conservatives are worried about the same.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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The reactions are basically divided between those two groups. \u00a0With moderate to liberal Catholics joining he chorus of \u2018don\u2019t worry\u2019. \u00a0Which, itself, is worth noting. \u00a0Nonetheless, most of the stories picked up on by the press are things the liberal advocating press wants to be heard. \u00a0Such as Cardinal Raymond Burke being demoted<\/a>; Burke is, of course, a known critic of what he sees as Pope Francis\u2019s more liberal approaches to certain social issues like homosexuality. \u00a0If there is any real push back by those not wishing to embrace a liberal turn for the Church, you\u2019d never know it.<\/div>\n
At least not if you\u2019re counting on the press. \u00a0Here\u2019s a story from a different perspective<\/a>. \u00a0Take it for what it\u2019s worth. \u00a0If the Church embraces the liberal templates for social morality, it will not be surprising. \u00a0It already has embraced much of liberal scholarship and scientific theory. \u00a0As well as political theory and action. \u00a0This would be the next step. \u00a0And not the first. \u00a0It isn\u2019t as if the Catholic Church has an untarnished record when it comes to embracing the latest, hippest societal changes in the civilizations by which it finds itself surrounded. \u00a0But we\u2019ll have to see.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Given the disastrous public relations record of the recently begun Synod on the Family, most Catholic reactions have been along the line of \u2018calm down\u2019. \u00a0That\u2019s fair. \u00a0It won\u2019t really matter until the last signature is down and the Pope has spoken. \u00a0And that\u2019s a long way down the road. \u00a0Liberals and secularists are hoping, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nSome different news about the Synod<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Given the disastrous public relations record of the recently begun Synod on the Family, most Catholic reactions have been along the line of 'calm\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, 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