No question: a state-sanctioned death penalty violates the dignity of the human person. Questions: Can the Pope just change the wording of any section of the catechism without the input & agreement of experts? If so, is he teaching ex cathedra when he does this?
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Can anybody tell me what level of magisterial teaching this falls under and what is the required response of the faithful to various sections of the catechism?
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @Oghma_EM
I’m genuinely trying to understand how the catechism can be changed in what appears to be a flippant way.... It took 20 years to finalize the current catechism in the first place.
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Replying to @sienesecath @Oghma_EM
A cynical answer might be that if no one else in leadership opposes the action, one can do anything one pleases...
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @Oghma_EM
And that exactly is my issue. If, next month, the Pope decides to change the catechism to say that there is never need for plastic straws.... can he just do that??
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Replying to @sienesecath @Oghma_EM
Without adequate accountability and pushback from fellow leadership and local grassroots folks, and short of direct intervention by God, what would stop him?
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Replying to @TheBrometheus @Oghma_EM
Wow. From the Vatican to the USCCB to the Diocesan and local parish levels, I am seeing a lack of transparency and accountability.
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I’d venture to say that’s a serious problem. Only one thing flourishes under cover of secrecy and darkness, and it isn’t righteousness.
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