tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post8071256818222910103..comments2023-12-23T00:19:35.005-08:00Comments on ADAM'S ALE: CAN YOU BELIEVE ThE POPE DID THAT?Fr. Vhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13201561855047420853noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-28476389202169129132014-12-11T17:51:24.553-08:002014-12-11T17:51:24.553-08:00Whoops, I failed to include a link to US Catholic ...Whoops, I failed to include a link to US Catholic Voices Chaplain Roger Landry's <a href="http://www.anchornews.org/columnists/landry/10-24-14.html" rel="nofollow">great analysis of the synod</a>.MaryofSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073267149527666844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5745814378416915364.post-39259422459252241792014-12-11T17:47:46.583-08:002014-12-11T17:47:46.583-08:00NPR is not a source I normally look to for my Cath...NPR is not a source I normally look to for my Catholic news, but I found <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/11/30/366368633/pope-francis-as-reformer-evangelizer-and-doctrinal-conservative" rel="nofollow"> a story on their website that seems to capture Pope Francis</a> about as well as could be done:<br /><br />"On all the core Catholic teachings, he is absolutely straight-down-the-line orthodox Catholic. But he is also an evangelizer and a missionary....What's missing from the picture, he says, is the merciful face of Christ. The church that heals the wounds, that raises people up, that nurtures them, that forgives them....What he's actually saying is people need to experience that before they are ready to accept the rest of it. So what is conversion? Conversion is when somebody first experiences the love and mercy and forgiveness of God, and then, having assimilated that, then, as it were, chooses the Christian life, chooses the moral life, and so on. But you can't go to the second without the first."<br /><br />This is from an interview with Austin Ivereigh about <a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/11/30/366368633/pope-francis-as-reformer-evangelizer-and-doctrinal-conservative" rel="nofollow">his new book on Pope Francis</a>. Ivereigh is the founder of <a href="http://www.catholicvoices.org.uk/page/what-catholic-voices" rel="nofollow"> Catholic Voices</a>, an extraordinary project that trains lay people and clergy alike to speak with accuracy and Christian love about the Faith in the public square, particularly with the media. They have a <a href="http://catholicvoicesusa.org/" rel="nofollow">US presence</a> that I hope gains prominence in the near future. U.S. <br />Catholic Voices Chaplain Roger Landry did a <a rel="nofollow">great analysis of the synod</a>. I think I may have just found a new favorite Catholic news commentary.MaryofSharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073267149527666844noreply@blogger.com