Catholic Church: Thing Of The Past
Let’s meet our friends, the Bishops and Archbishops of the Church. They have never been exactly welcoming of women or sexual minorities. They, alongside the church, have kept their policy on a lot of things during its almost 1,500 year history. Why should they change now?
A recent synod meeting to decide whether the Church would be more open towards gays came to the conclusion that it would not.
Pope Francis himself was unhappy on the outcome and cautioned against “hostile inflexibility, that is, wanting to close oneself within the written word, and not allowing oneself to be surprised by God.”
Let’s face it: The Catholic Church is a thing of the past.
Should we really be surprised by the outcome? We are talking about an institution that has been as corrosive to society as any large organization with such power and sway over the minds of political leaders and the very public itself.
Let us not forget that they still frown upon contraceptives, though many Catholic men and women continue to use them.
Afraid perhaps that it no longer possesses the power to topple nations and inspire the fear it used to inspire, Church leaders resort to threats and to promises of damnation. But their power to influence decisions remains.
It was Francis’ predecessor, Benedict XVI, who came out against condoms and stated that AIDS is a tragedy “that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems.”
This very much aided in the damage caused to various African nations.
Unyielding policies that are extremely damaging may be one of the reasons why in America, though one in three (31 percent) were raised Catholic, only one in four (24 percent) are still Catholic today.
I do not see the Catholic Church getting anywhere with the younger generations. I, though Catholic by baptism, no longer identify as such. Its teachings are still intolerant and rigid. Maybe even out of place in this day and age.
Maybe it is a thing of the past, and that is where it ought to remain.