Il Papa has gotten himself in a bit of a twist with the secular world with his latest pronouncement regarding the unique status of the Roman Church relative to all the other eccesiastical Christian groupings. I would have been surprised if this had not been the reaction of the world, which is awash in relativistic materialism.
For any organization in today's world to lay such a claim...to state it flat out like that, has to inflame a world so used to politicians who dice up everything in such a way as to backtrack with the least amount of negative reaction. In a "politically correct" society, where everything has to carry qualifyers and disclaimers, etc., this kind of "in your face" pronouncement must seem terribly discomfiting.
But...even as a Contrarian Catholic, I hear Benedict's no-give voice with a certain amount of pride, confirming my decision in my nineteenth year of life, deciding to forego the "feel good" religion of my birth. That I can take issue with a few teachings (stress: not doctrines!) is, in itself, testimony to the superiority (yes, I dare say it!) of the mother church of Christianity, teaching the supremacy of individual conscience.
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