http://www.bloggernews.net/16202 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 27 May 2012 21:27:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/16202#comment-15906 James Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:32:55 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16202#comment-15906 This is the worst reported Church incident in my lifetime, so far as I can remember. Anyone who knows anything about the way the Church works know that the news reports about this are simply ridiculous. An approval of a non-binding theological Commission's report which doesn't in any way contradict the traditional teaching (it has never been prohibited to "hope" that God has an extraordinary way to save children without baptism) is not the same as saying that the Pope has reversed a teaching of the Church. What a jump to conclusions. The Pope has not reversed anything. This is the worst reported Church incident in my lifetime, so far as I can remember. Anyone who knows anything about the way the Church works know that the news reports about this are simply ridiculous. An approval of a non-binding theological Commission’s report which doesn’t in any way contradict the traditional teaching (it has never been prohibited to “hope” that God has an extraordinary way to save children without baptism) is not the same as saying that the Pope has reversed a teaching of the Church. What a jump to conclusions. The Pope has not reversed anything.

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