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[quote] The role of women in the Roman Catholic Church should be one of "service" and not "servitude", the pope said at a Vatican conference on Saturday.
Pope Francis said he "suffered" when he saw "in the Church, or in certain Church organisations... that the woman's service role slips into one of servitude," the agency I-Media quoted him as saying. [/quote]
didn't know this was even thing.
[quote]On the other hand, he said that the "sort of emancipation" that allows women to enter traditionally male domains may rob them of "the very femininity that characterises them".[/quote]
pope maintains status quo, more at 11
i don't hate women either
the pope may not hate women but christianity certainly does
would it be normal for the pope to hate women?
what the fuck is religion ever even doing.
[QUOTE=thisispain;42506047]pope maintains status quo, more at 11[/QUOTE]
why is it that everything this pope says has an asterisk
[QUOTE=The golden;42506149]Sexism is bad enough but it's downright hair-pullingly infuriating when it's put in ways like he said it.[/QUOTE]
Well, he's got to walk a fine line. He after all said "may." The issue is, right now, there's a sharp divide in the Catholic church between fundamentalists and reformists. Reformists suprisingly tend to be old guard priests, jesuits and people like Pope Francis, while the Fundamentalists are usually the younger (relatively for clergy, say in their 30's) people, or the silent majority who have pseudo-baptist views of how the Catholic faith ought to operate. Or the Spanish/Italians.
If he just up and said "FUCK THIS GAY CHURCH," it would cause an uproar and likely give power to Fundamentalists because a hardline stance like that would scare off moderate reformists. I know Catholics who get mad just because the local clergy have reorganized the candles on the altar.
Don't be quick to brand Francis as throwing women under the bus, it's more like he has to juggle his words.
it's more like there's literally nothing he could do to change an organization that's been stagnating for over a thousand years. the pope doesn't really have any power
[QUOTE=supersnail11;42506188]why is it that everything this pope says has an asterisk[/QUOTE]
because he's the pope and there are some really stupid people that out there that are supposed to look up to him or something like that.
[QUOTE=Lachz0r;42506222]it's more like there's literally nothing he could do to change an organization that's been stagnating for over a thousand years. the pope doesn't really have any power[/QUOTE]
In the last thousand years, the Catholic Church has stopped torturing people. I think that's at least a good start!!!
[QUOTE=elevate;42506236]In the last thousand years, the Catholic Church has stopped torturing people. I think that's at least a good start!!![/QUOTE]
huh? pretty sure they still do mass... LMFAO
[QUOTE=Explosions;42506076]i don't hate women either[/QUOTE]
therefore, you are the pope
[QUOTE=Lachz0r;42506222]it's more like there's literally nothing he could do to change an organization that's been stagnating for over a thousand years. the pope doesn't really have any power[/QUOTE]
Well he is basically the absolute monarch of the entire Catholic Church. His words to influence the priests and bishops beneath him. But you are right mostly because it's not as if he sends out auditors to check on whether or not his doctrine is being followed to a tee. At least I don't think he does.
[QUOTE=Lachz0r;42506269]huh? pretty sure they still do mass... LMFAO[/QUOTE]
dohoho
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