Is that true that Pope John Paul I was poisoned for being too liberal? He was going to allow birth contol.?
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I remember this well since I was 16 at the time and it was the first time I was able to see a new Pope be elected.  What a shock it was when 33 days later a new vote had to be cast becaue Pope John Paul I died of natural causes in his bed while saying his rosary.  I also remember that he had died peacefully.
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In practice? I'd still have to say conservative but like most any large "group" of people out there, it'll be a mixed bag. From my own anecdotal experience, most Catholics are staunchly against America's handling of Iraq so in that sense they might be considered Democrats, left-leaning, liberal etc. With regards to other hot topic issues such as abortion Catholics are fervently Republican, right-leaning, conservative. Mind you with respect to issues of abortion and homosexual marriage there is a strong "liberal" vein in Catholic America. Unfortunately they are not in communion with the Holy See and, simply speaking, are not Catholic. The Catholic church has always had its ultra conservative elements and ultra liberal elements and has typically fostered good intra-Church debate. But at the end of the day, all true Catholics should submit themselves to the policies of the Vatican/Magisterium/Pope, if not intellectually then at the very least, in practice.
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Actually, the Pill and other hormonal birth control actuall DO casue abortions. It's one of the ways they work...if an egg does get out, the lining of the uterus is too hostile to allow implantation, and baby gets flushed down the toilet.\n\nYou are exactly right. And that is the point the Catholic prolife movement has been trying to get out ever since the days Catholics were the only ones protesting and praying in front of abortion mills.\n Women have been flat out LIED to about birth control, baby manufacturing, abortion etc.   And where have all these things that were supposed to 'liberate' us gotten us? \n\nA world of men who see us as nothing more than sex objects. They can have sex with no commitment, and no consequences.\n\nDon't get your self pregnant...if you do, kill it, I don't want it.\n\nI'm not saying all men are like that, but anytime a guy wants to get in your pants....do you think he is considering the possibility the 2 of you might be creating a child?  Probably not.\n\nI don't know if you are Catholic, but thank you for having a level head and seeing the Truth in Catholic teaching....that all life is precious.
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Far too many.\nOnly a  thought process that has been asundered by liberalism will say abortion is not an issue.\n\nDilation and partial extraction is inducing labor to the point where the almost developed fetus's head is exposed so it can be bifurcated and the brain removed.\n\nHumanity is served by this?\n\nDon't confuse medical necessity with barbarity.
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didn't see the supermodels question, but i get what you mean.  i believe it's called a condition of "diarrhea of the mouth," translated into words on the screen.  just going off without knowing what they're talking about is the absolute trend here.  most days i don't let it get to me, but i have my days where i'm in total bee-yatch mode and try to correct every error i see.  it's a waste of time and energy to do so, since all you get are immature responses generated more for a laugh from the group around the computer, rather than providing a well-thought-out and logical response to the question.  i get the differences between the two groups, conservative and liberal, as a generality.  get this, ... i'm a baptized, non-practicing catholic who firmly believes that abortion is murder, yet, i'm logical enough to realize that it's ultimately the parents' choice regarding abortion/adoption, etc.  thanks for the soap box.  hope you get some satisfying answers here.  blessed be!
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You are referring to Pope Joan. There is a persistent belief that a woman who spent her life disguised as a man, became Pope and got pregnant. There are several historians who refer to this but it might not be true.\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Joan
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No one can be in favour of abortion and be simultaneously a Catholic. It's one or the other. You might continue attending Mass and whatever else but your pro-choice belief is totally at odds with the faith of the Church and automatically excludes you from being in full communion with Christ and His Church.
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No.\n\nAll non-Jewish boys in Germany were compelled to join the Hitler youth. It was just like being drafted. They did not have a choice.\n\nThe Pope is not and never has been a Nazi. He unfortunately was born and grew up in a country ruled by the Nazi party.\n\nThank God, you and I live in a very different world than the Pope and millions of other people did in 1930s and 1940s Germany. \n\nWith love in Christ.
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Look, I feel attacked for my beliefs, too, but being in our position is very difficult. We need to be good, loving, turn-the-other-cheek, WWJD people while fighting evil. And the fact that Christianity and Conservatism has been hijacked by those who would do their own evil will above the good of this country and her citizens, doesn't help much either...we're in bad company...even though there are many good people who are both Christian and Conservative.\n\nOne problem is that many people say that Jesus was tolerant. He was tolerant of people that broke God's laws because they didn't know any better. That is how he brought so many to believe in him....he showed them compassion....but he never said "You have been saved, now go back to the life you were living." He said, "You have been saved, now go and sin no more." He also never spoke against any of the Jewish laws forbidding sins such as adultery, homosexuality, stealing, prostitution, etc...he never said any of that was okay, just that if they were willing to turn away from their sins, they could be forgiven. Most people that like to say Jesus was a liberal don't think of those two points.\n\nAlso, Jesus would never say that abortion is okay. There's just NO WAY that would have happened.\n\nHe would have been for the death penalty IF we could find an executioner whose life was without sin.\n\nLiberals want to hijack Jesus for their vision of "tolerance" but not look at the laws that Jesus himself abided by...the laws that his FATHER made.\n\nLastly, it's just too convenient and easy for these liberals to cast stones and try to place blame and find fault then it would be to really address the issues that conservatives feel are most important.\n\nYou're not alone! God Bless!
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Wow-very very true! I can't believe you picked up on that.I thought I was the only one. \n\nyou are very perceptive. Don't Libs understand that it's Christianity that makes them act that way?\n\neverybody listen to this guy-he knows what he's talking about.
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Yes, Midge. there is and we have to stop it. Especially us Catholics. We can't just change the whole doctrine of the church just for "Tolerance" and "Appeasement" . We need to keep our church whole and traditional. The Catholic church has been pretty black and white in the past, now some of it is becoming gray. I hardly hear much in my church anymore about pro-life issues. Only the small groups do anything about it, but it is no longer preached. What's happening here? Can't be a liberal Catholic!\nGod Bless and Merry Christmas to you!
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No! the pope has no right to all it is is an imaginary boy in a fake world it is all false n he shuld no that
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Yes. That was very clever. How about liberal parenting tips? Now young liberals have unprotected sex and get pregnant and have many abortions and remember to put a tree before the lives of fellow Americans and remember to be homosexual when you can. Don't forget to murder someone or sell drugs because prison won't hold you forever. Goodnight young Clinton and Gore and Kerry.
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No.\n\nHOWEVER, the closest that a case can be made for a pope's actions contradicting infalibility would be Pope Honorius I in the 7th century AD.  He was condemned as a heretic by the sixth general council (680). It takes a careful reading of history to understand why this case does not contradict the doctrine of infallibility., of which there is too little space here to get into.  Simply read...\nhttp://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07452b.htm\nThis is an important issue to understand when dealing with Orthodox Christians because it can shows up in the polemics.
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yes it happened, and there is no rationale to kill your opponenets if you are a prophet, it used to be in reality if you are a politician (although it is not acceptable anymore). This is the problem when faith gets mixed with politics.
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AS A Muslim I think that the remarks made by the pope were not neccecary and far from the truth... but I am not going to burn a building or kill a nun. God/Allah will be the final judge on this matter.\nthe pope should be allowed to visit turkey, it is a great idea , maybe it will help clear up misconceptions he seems to have about Islam.
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That stat is pretty meaningless. There was likely a number of people who had abortions voted for him as well. Being gay has nothing to do with being a liberal or a conservative.