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2015-04-12 Olde Tyme Religion

Pope says Church to return to basics in Holy Year proclamation

[GMANETWORK] Pope Francis on Saturday proclaimed an extraordinary Holy Year starting in December that he said will bring the Roman Catholic Church and its 1.2 billion followers back to basics, focusing them on the need to show mercy towards others.

In a ceremony held at St. Peter's Basilica before the Holy Door, a massive bronze door decorated with panels depicting human sin and God's mercy, the pope presented a document known as a papal bull to cardinals.

The papal bull outlined the pope's vision for the Holy Year, one of the Church's most important events, which he declared in a surprise announcement last month.

"Hey! I got an idea! Let's try doing religion in church!"
"Great idea your Holiness! Why didn't we think of that before!"

Holy Years normally take place every 25 years unless a pope decrees an extraordinary one to bring attention to a particular issue. The next one had been scheduled for 2025.

"It is time to return to the basics and to bear the weaknesses and struggles of our brothers and sisters," Francis wrote in the document, titled "Face of Mercy" in Latin.

In his homily after the ceremony, Francis said a Holy Year was necessary "because the Church, in this time of great historical change, is called to offer more evident signs of God's presence and closeness".

During the last Holy Year -- or Jubilee -- in 2000, millions of pilgrims came to Rome to take part in religious festivities.

The papal bull indicated that Francis intends to focus this Jubilee on many of the themes that have embodied his papacy, including that the Church should be poor and that its mission is to serve the poor.

Posted by Fred 2015-04-12 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top

#1 Hey, how about
Thou shall not covet
Thou shall not bear false witness
Thou shall not steal*

Oh, wait, that throws the old socialist agenda out the door. Never mind.

* hiring a politician to do the stealing for you is still stealing.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-04-12 00:25|| 2015-04-12 00:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Another edicting President?

Posted by Skidmark 2015-04-12 01:16|| 2015-04-12 01:16|| Front Page Top

#3 the Church should be poor and that its mission is to serve the poor.

So... the Church should serve itself?

And aren't the "basics" the Credo and the Great Command?

Credo:

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible.

I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ,the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages.

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; Through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures.

He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead and his kingdom will have no end.

I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son, who with the Father and the Son is adored and glorified, who has spoken through the prophets.

I believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church. I confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins and I look forward to the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come.

Amen.

Great Command:

"Hear, O Israel! The Lord our God, The Lord is One; Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind"

Posted by OldSpook 2015-04-12 21:50|| 2015-04-12 21:50|| Front Page Top

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