Pope: US Catholic Conservatives Have 'Suicidal Attitude' (Connecting the Dots: Catholic charity, CBS, 60 Minutes, LGBT, Mexico, the Wheelchair Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Pope: US Catholic Conservatives Have 'Suicidal Attitude' (Connecting the Dots: Catholic charity, CBS, 60 Minutes, LGBT, Mexico, the Wheelchair Foundation & Soros Funding, All Networking)

Newsmax.com

Sunday, 19 May 2024 12:44 PM EDT

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/pope-francis-interview-u-s/2024/05/16/id/1165024/

Pope Francis said his conservative critics within the Roman Catholic Church in the United States are trapped in a "suicidal attitude," according to an interview with CBS.
During the April 24 interview with "60 Minutes" that aired Sunday, Francis was asked his thoughts on the conservative backlash against his papacy, with many of his critics being American clergy members.
Francis responded by saying a conservative is someone who "clings to something and does not want to see beyond that."
"It is a suicidal attitude," the pontiff said.
"Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box."
Francis has clashed with the conservative wing almost since he was elected as head of the church in 2013.
Moves conservatives have opposed include papal attempts to make the church more welcoming to the LGBT community and to give lay people more responsibility in the church.

When asked during the interview about his decision to allow priests to bless same-sex couples, the pope replied that the church cannot actually bless the union, as it is against church teaching, but they can bless the individual.

"The blessing is for everyone — for everyone. To bless a homosexual-type union, however, goes against the given rite, against the law of the church. But to bless each person, why not? The blessing is for all. Some people were scandalized by this, but why? Everyone, everyone."

Francis replied when asked about his being more open and accepting than his predecessors that "you have to be open to everything. The church is like that. Everyone, everyone, everyone. That so-and-so is a sinner. Me, too. I am a sinner. Everyone.

"The gospel is for everyone. If the church places a customs officer at the door, that is no longer the church of Christ. Everyone."

Francis last year dismissed a conservative U.S. bishop who was a withering critic of his papacy and said the conservative wing in the U.S. church was "reactionary." He also stripped a conservative American cardinal of some Vatican privileges.

When asked about the state of Texas potentially shutting down a Catholic charity on the U.S.-Mexico border that gives humanitarian aid to migrants, Francis replied that it is "sheer madness."

"To close the border and leave them there, that is madness. The migrant has to be received. Thereafter you see how you're going to deal with them. Maybe you have to send them back. I don't know. But each case ought to be considered humanely, right?"

Regarding surrogacy, Pope Francis said that "in each case, the situation should be carefully and clearly considered, consulting medically and then morally as well. I think there is a general rule in these cases, but you have to go into each case in particular to assess the situation — as long as the moral principle is not skirted."

Connecting the Dots:

Morton H. Halperin is a senior adviser at the Open Society Foundations, a director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. 

Kenneth F. Hackett was a director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the president of the Catholic Relief Services.

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Catholic Relief Services and the Center for American Progress. 

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group, the president of Mexico.

Carlos Pascual was a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and a U.S. ambassador for Mexico.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank) and the Robin Hood Foundation.

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Diane Sawyer was a director at the Robin Hood Foundation, a co-anchor for the CBS Morning News and a co-anchor for 60 Minutes.

Clifford S. Asness was a leadership council member for the Robin Hood Foundation and supported same-sex marriage in New York.

60 Minutes is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network.

Scott Pelley is a correspondent for 60 Minutes and an overseer at the International Rescue Committee.

Clifford S. Asness is a director at the International Rescue Committee and supported same-sex marriage in New York.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the International Rescue Committee and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Cameron F. Kerry  is a fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), John F. Kerry’s brother and was an associate at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr.

Dana J. Hyde was an attorney at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr and is the CEO for the Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Kenneth F. Hackett was a director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation and the president of the Catholic Relief Services.

Morton H. Halperin is a director at the Millennium Challenge Corporation, a senior adviser at the Open Society Foundations and was a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. 

Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for American Progress and the Catholic Relief Services.

George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations and a board member for the International Crisis Group.

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group, the president of Mexico.

Vicente Fox Quesada was president of Mexico and is married to Martha Sahagun de Fox.

Martha Sahagun de Fox is married to Vicente Fox Quesada and an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation.

Mikhail Gorbachev is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, was the general secretary for the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the president of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR).

Carl A. Anderson was an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation, is a trustee at the Catholic University of America, a supreme knight for the Knights of Columbus and a board member for the Vatican Bank.

Anna Eleanor Roosevelt is an advisory board member for the Wheelchair Foundation and the chair for the Roosevelt Institute.

Jonathan Soros is a senior fellow at the Roosevelt Institute, George Soros’s son and was the vice chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

George Soros is Jonathan Soros’s father a board member for the International Crisis Group and was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.

Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute and the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Ernesto Zedillo was a board member for the International Crisis Group and the president of Mexico.

Carlos Pascual was a U.S. ambassador for Mexico and a VP for the Brookings Institution (think tank).

Resources: Past Research

As U.S. Visit Nears, Pope Francis Points to Climate Change (Past Research on the Catholic Relief Services)

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2015/09/as-us-visit-nears-pope-francis-points.html

Smaller Bites – CBS & 60 Minutes (Connecting the Dots: 60 Minutes. The Robin Hood Foundation & The International Rescue Committee Funded by Soros) (Past Research on 60 Minutes & CBS)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/10/smaller-bites-cbs-60-minutes-connecting.html

US government workers told to shelter in place amid surge in Tijuana violence, cartel threatens 'mass chaos' (Connecting the Dots: Mexico & Soros) (Past Research on Mexico)

SUNDAY, AUGUST 14, 2022

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/08/us-government-workers-told-to-shelter.html

American Federation of Teachers Pushes Homosexuality (And You Pay for It) (Past Research on same-sex marriage)

MONDAY, JULY 4, 2016

https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/07/american-federation-of-teachers-pushes.html