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POPEP FRANCIS TODAY ordained 13 new priests in the Vatican, telling them they were not “masters of doctrine” and should be more forgiving of their parishioners.
“It really pains me when I come across people who no longer go to confession because they get harangued, badly treated, told off,” Francis said in his homily at the ordination mass in St Peter’s Basilica.
“They feel the doors of the church are being shut in their faces. Please don’t do this. Have mercy,” the Argentine pontiff said, adding: “It is not you who are the masters of doctrine, it’s the Lord’s doctrine”.
The 13 priests, who lay face down in front of the altar as part of the ordination ritual, included six from Italy and one each from Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Pakistan, South Korea, Venezuela and Vietnam.
Pope Francis has put forward a more tolerant and pastoral approach than his predecessors, insisting for example that priests should baptise the children of unmarried Catholic couples and single mothers.
He has also said the Catholic Church should not be “obsessed” with topics like abortion, contraception and gay marriage although he has not called for any changes to Catholic doctrine on these hot-button issues.
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Thought google was around longer than 1998
@Billy Nomates: That’s the only one I got right!
@Billy Nomates: it was yahoo who was the number one search engine, back then in the dail up internet days
5 out of 10…considering my age i thought i would have remembered more…happy new year to all.
Most of the kids on here are too young to remember 1998.
I remember working on work projects in 1998. I mustn’t have turned on the radio once that year.
10/10 proving that your favourite tweeting ex MP/TD/Republican Terrorist is stuck in a time warp.
@Baron Adams TD: happy New Year, Jorry.
Who to F**k were Aqua.
I haven’t a clue who Aqua were.
Happy New Year, all.
@ktsiwot: how could you forget ” I’m a Barbie girl in a Barbie world “!
@Darcy: Damn, I mixed them up with Roxette!!!
You would know if you were young in 1998. seems every day in the car was hearing one of their hits at the time. Cartoons Witch Doctor followed, just to keep with the 20 years old stuff.
I can’t recollect even 2018. Now you are talking things that were happened about a decade back!
@Dr. Udaya Khandavilli: 2 decades
@David Clements: Haha
5 out of 10 – surprised there was no question on Le Tour de Dopage which started in Dublin that year and triggered the Festina Affair
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