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In Weddings, Pope Francis Looks Past Tradition - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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  • “not a television show” but a symbol of “real life” with “joys and difficulties,”
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      Who should get to decide who can legally get married and who can't? 
  • But in Francis’s new, more forgiving church,
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      Forgiveness requires someone to say they are wrong and ask for it
  • have been declining even as separations and divorces are rising.
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      Divorce is frowned upon greatly in the Catholic church
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  • about 122,000 of the country’s 207,000 weddings were religious ceremonies,
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      Important statistic
  • Vatican watchers said the public marriages, the first by a pope since 2000, were meant to send a message, something Francis has done previously to soften the church’s image on social issues.
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      makes it sound like a publicity stunt. Why would they need to soften their image? Losing followers?
  • for example, the pope said he would not condemn — or judge — priests because of their sexual orientation.
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      This is a big deal
  • he’s a realist.
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      makes him different than previous priests
  • ‘who am I to judge?
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      Pope used to be the judge as in he literally forgave sins and you had to go through him 
  • pope, who doesn’t want to turn people away and instead wants to find a way to bring people in,
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      important
  • “The path is not always a smooth one, free of disagreements, otherwise it would not be human. It is a demanding journey, at times difficult, and at times turbulent, but such is life,”
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      realizes its not possible for everyone to be able to be perfect 
  • issues like allowing divorced members who remarry to receive Communion.
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      why is this an issue?
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