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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This question misunderstands the nature of the Catholic faith.  The Pope is only considered infallible in very specific matters of church doctrine.  His random thoughts about US politics are not that and hold no extra weight.

—I’m not Catholic, but I do have a basic education[/quote]

This is the correct answer. [/quote]

I'm not Catholic either, but this is all over my Threads feed for some reason (keep meaning to move to Blue Sky but not there yet). The Pope corrected Vance specifically on the Catholic doctrine of [i]ordo amoris[/I], that is, on Catholic theology not politics. Vance was arguing that being a Catholic means you should start with your narrow circle, then expand out to your countrymen, and only when their needs are met can you start to consider others like immigrants. No, the Pope said, [i]ordo amoris[/I] means we need to "meditate constantly on the parable of the 'Good Samaritan,' that is, by medicating on the love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception."[/quote]

Yeah, Vance is wrong and also Vince isn’t really a Catholic he converted for politics. He didn’t even baptize his children, which is the number one thing you’re supposed to do as a catholic.[/quote]

Ah, the "no true Catholic" fallacy.

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It’s not that he’s a Catholic and doesn’t live the word that is the “no true catholic” fallacy

He literally became Catholic for political reasons and then never baptized his children.[/quote]

I don't doubt you - I can't stand the guy and think he's a hypocrite. But if one is going to convert for political reasons, why to Catholicism? It is not really the driving denomination in politics.[/quote]

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