Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Pope visits the U.S. of A.

I'm casually watching CNN's coverage of Pope Francis' visit to Washington D.C. Emphasis (bold) my own.

10:47AM (Central Standard Time): One of the anchors, an English woman, mentions a possible Vatican III to cover issues like female ordination saying that since women aren't allowed to be ordained it would upset "many Catholic women." The guest-priest responds that's not how councils work, happening one after another, and that the Church is still integrating the changes from Vatican II.

Apparently this women thinks that councils are held mainly to "update" supposed outdated doctrines and stances in response to the secular world. The secular world dictates the social doctrines and rules that changes within the Church.

10:55AM: Another female anchor, in response to the English woman, says that Pope Francis' sign of the cross was due to him acknowledging the tabernacle (at Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle) which was in front of him.

This English woman isn't a Catholic or at least has no working knowledge of the faith and its customs. That I figured right away. 

11:12AM: An an anchor and guest-priest are talking about the possible topics that will be addressed in the Pope's speech towards the 300+ bishops seated in front of him in the prayer service. The Pope is sitting unusually still, head down, and looks like he's sleeping. Climate change is recurring theme that the anchors bring up.

UPDATE: 2:35PM - I stopped watching around noon during the network's live break. It was really boring to be honest; the Latin translator was horrid - I'm not sure how she was chosen. At this time, Sally Kohn, Fox's modern liberal hire, gave me an impression that she's an idiot. Kohn smugly said that "any thoughtful Republican" would agree that Donal Trump should be put in a negative light due to comments on women. Personally, I really don't care what Trump says about women because the stuff that comes out of his mouth I find humorous. Call me an enabler or a sexist if you want. She then goes on to say that President Obama has done a fine job in bringing together people of different faiths, making inter-faiths more common and peaceful.  Okay. And the sky is green. And penguins really can fly, it's just that society has discouraged their flying ability and therefor they aren't their true selves.

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