tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post95642673234928868..comments2024-03-25T06:39:42.081-04:00Comments on Bonfire of the Vanities: CNA: Pope regrets interviewFr Martin Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01375628123126091747noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-85104936527937909412013-11-08T08:51:02.875-05:002013-11-08T08:51:02.875-05:00There is a reason why Popes normally guard their w...There is a reason why Popes normally guard their words. There is a reason why in times past the views of the Popes are metered. This is why. While a Pope is certainly human, while a Pope is certainly fallible, his views are scrutinized much more than another person's. That being said, perhaps it is time for His Holiness to reign it in and start acting like a Pope.<br /><br />While it is certainly different to have a Pope who is so "free" with his words and humility certainly is a theme, perhaps our beloved Holy Father should give a discourse on prudence. Just sayin'....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03009356356243871772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14168956.post-45899283778375384892013-11-04T11:55:52.160-05:002013-11-04T11:55:52.160-05:00Section 16 of Gaudium et Spes is helpful here. It... Section 16 of Gaudium et Spes is helpful here. It reads:<br /><br /> " <i>Conscience frequently errs from invincible ignorance without losing its dignity. The same cannot be said for a man who cares but little for truth and goodness, or for a conscience which by degrees grows practically sightless as a result of habitual sin."</i><br /><br /> I took the Pope to mean that good faith atheists who are seeking truth are not the same as bad faith atheists who care little for truth or goidness. The former may have blockage like the priest sex abuse scandal or wealth oriented tv preachers like Osteen which keeps <br />them from Christianity but they still want to live rightly. St. Justin Martyr sees that type of atheist as being not really atheists in his <i> First Apology </i>here in section <br />46: " <i> and those who lived reasonably are Christians, even though they have been thought atheists; as, among the Greeks, Socrates and Heraclitus, and men like them..."</i>bill bannonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09737277581167437670noreply@blogger.com