CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
POPE FRANCIS HAS SAID SOMETHING THAT DEFINES TODAY’S LIBERAL THEOLOGY. IN AN INTERVIEW THE POPE EXPRESSED HIS DISMAY THAT THE U.S. CATHOLIC CHURCH FOCUSES MORE ON ISSUES LIKE SEXUALITY AND ABORTION TO THE EXCLUSION OF CARING FOR THE POOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
FRANCIS ALSO CALLED SOME CONSERVATIVES “BACKWARDS” WHO HAVE A NARROW AND OUTDATED VISION. AND HE SAID THOSE BACKWARD CONSERVATIVES REFUSE TO ACCEPT CHANGES IN DOCTRINE OVER TIME.
FRANCIS SHOULD CONSIDER THIS VERSE: “THE GRASS WITHERS, THE FLOWERS FADE, BUT THE WORD OF OUR GOD STANDS FOREVER.” PAUL SPEAKS OF ALL SCRIPTURE BEING USEFUL FOR TEACHING AND REPROOF.
THE REASON CONSERVATIVE CATHOLICS SPEAK ABOUT ABORTION AND SEXUALITY IS THEY ARE CHALLENGED ON THESE ISSUES FROM WITHIN THEIR OWN CHURCH AND THE WIDER CULTURE. THE LATE ROMAN CATHOLIC WRITER JOSEPH SOBRAN HAD MY FAVORITE LINE ABOUT LIBERALISM IN HIS CHURCH. SOBRAN SAID: “I’D RATHER BELONG TO A CHURCH THAT IS 500 YEARS BEHIND THE TIMES AND SUBLIMELY INDIFFERENT TO CHANGE THAN I WOULD TO A CHURCH THAT IS FIVE MINUTES BEHIND THE TIMES, HUFFING AND PUFFING TO CATCH UP.” ONE CANNOT BE A FRIEND OF THE WORLD AND A FRIEND OF GOD. I’M CAL THOMAS.
