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CookieMonster09
By "ideological Christians", the Pope is taking a stab at the conservative, traditional, Latin Rite Catholics such as the SSPX (Society of St. Pius X).
Traditional Catholics celebrate the Mass in the old Latin Rite, which was pretty much eradicated after the hippie 1960's Vatican II changes that allowed the Mass to be said in secular language. This NEW Mass is called the NOVUS ORDO Mass. Vatican II resulted in major changes in the liturgy which traditional Catholics abhor.
Papa Francis' favorite author? One of the architects of Vatican II. Go figure. He's a modernist, New World Order Pope, and he is no fan of traditionalist Catholicism.
BO XIAN
reply to post by UnifiedSerenity
Thanks. Wasn't aware of Stern's translation. Is it available on Kindle?
Folks who only read things that flatter their bad-faith generated biases are . . . risking everything on faulty info.
toddy3174
define an ideological christian!!!
what does that even mean!!!!
adjensen
Over the past century, the number of Catholics around the globe has more than tripled, from an estimated 291 million in 1910 to nearly 1.1 billion as of 2010, according to a comprehensive demographic study by the Pew Research Center. (Source)
Beyond the 1.2 billion Catholics, there are an additional one billion Protestants -- over two billion Christians.
swanne
Any info on the trend after 2010? Like, on 2013.
According to the Census of the 2013 Annuario Pontificio (Pontifical Yearbook), the number of Catholics in the world was about 1.21 billion at the end of 2011. (Source)
knowledgehunter
Sounds like this Pope is all about "Hope and Change". Hmmn. Where have i heard that before?
OpenMindedRealist
He makes a very important point that has been ignored -- that the masses will fall for the attractive "new religion."
NoRulesAllowed
toddy3174
define an ideological christian!!!
what does that even mean!!!!
"A religion becomes an ideology when the followers of this religion cannot tolerate the existence of those who have different views or beliefs, and when they understand their religious text literally and refuse to accept any way of understanding the religion other than their own way of understanding."