Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church.
FILE - Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023. Pope Francis has blasted the backwardness of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of the church envisages doctrine developing over time. – Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S.
Francis made the comments in a private meeting with Portuguese members of his Jesuit religious order while visiting Lisbon on Aug. 5; the Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica, which is vetted by the Vatican secretariat of state, published a transcript of the encounter Monday. "Doing this, you lose the true tradition and you turn to ideologies to have support. In other words, ideologies replace faith,” he said.
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