Pope Francis has appealed for more changes in Catholic teaching, lamenting the “backwardism” of Catholic conservatives in the United States.
ROME — Pope Francis has appealed for more changes in Catholic teaching, lamenting the “backwardism” of conservative Catholics in the United States.
Doctrine “progresses, expands, and consolidates with time and becomes firmer, but is always progressing,” he continued. “In other words, ideology replaces faith, membership of a sector of the Church replaces membership of the Church,” he said, in apparent reference to conservative or traditional Catholics.
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