{"id":9456,"date":"2017-05-16T09:36:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T13:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/?p=9456"},"modified":"2017-05-16T06:59:15","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T10:59:15","slug":"pope-francis-responds-collapse-catholic-moral-principles-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2017\/05\/pope-francis-responds-collapse-catholic-moral-principles-portugal.html","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis responds to the collapse of Catholic moral principles in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

And makes me think of this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Clericalism is bad. \u00a0I got that part. \u00a0But the rest of it? \u00a0Catechesis maybe? \u00a0Dialogue perhaps? Your guess is as good as mine.<\/p>\n<p>There is a subset of the Catholic Church that seems to understand every syllable\u00a0that proceedeth from the mouth of Pope Francis. \u00a0Good for them. \u00a0As often as not, it seems confusion and conflicted understanding rule the day. \u00a0Not in the way of parables that some point to as an excuse. \u00a0That is, not in a way that conceals the real meaning while making it clear to those chosen to hear.<\/p>\n<p>The confusion seems legitimate confusion, and in ways that allow people to skirt the issue or, worse, assume that Pope Francis says \u2018whatever you want is fine, it\u2019s those Catholics\u2019 fault that you think it\u2019s bad.\u2019 \u00a0Or something along those lines. \u00a0Not that he means this. \u00a0 But time and again when he speaks, confusion, not catechesis, seems to be the end result.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And makes me think of this: Clericalism is bad. \u00a0I got that part. \u00a0But the rest of it? \u00a0Catechesis maybe? \u00a0Dialogue perhaps? 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There is a subset of the Catholic Church that seems to understand every syllable\u00a0that proceedeth from the mouth of Pope Francis. \u00a0Good for them. \u00a0As often […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,51],"tags":[99],"class_list":["post-9456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-catholic-teaching","category-the-pope","tag-catholic-teaching"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>Pope Francis responds to the collapse of Catholic moral principles in Portugal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"And makes me think of this: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLsDvGlIDh0 Clericalism is bad. \u00a0I got that part. \u00a0But the rest of it? \u00a0Catechesis maybe?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2017\/05\/pope-francis-responds-collapse-catholic-moral-principles-portugal.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pope Francis responds to the collapse of Catholic moral principles in Portugal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"And makes me think of this: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iLsDvGlIDh0 Clericalism is bad. \u00a0I got that part. \u00a0But the rest of it? 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