Obviously no-one is reading the other thread so

[rabbitearbandicoot]

I'll ask it again here.

Azure, what version of the Bible is used in the link that you put up?

http://www.catholic.org/bible/book.php?id=2&bible_chapter=39

and from that same site:

Why has the Pope ordered everyone to not say or sing God's true name?

[azureline**]

Since it is catholic.org, I suppose the Catholic edition? but not interested enough to check......

Has the Pope ordered that?

[azureline**]

http://www.catholic.org/news/ae/music/story.php?id=29022

I think that explains it.

However, I am not recommending that site as authentic, merely as a reference to the Bible passages mentioned in the other thread.

[rabbitearbandicoot]

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@azureline** wrote:

http://www.catholic.org/news/ae/music/story.php?id=29022

I think that explains it.

However, I am not recommending that site as authentic, merely as a reference to the Bible passages mentioned in the other thread.

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Are you a Catholic?

Surely if it's a Catholic site, it would be aunthentic Catholic instruction?

[azureline**]

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@rabbitearbandicoot wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

http://www.catholic.org/news/ae/music/story.php?id=29022

I think that explains it.

However, I am not recommending that site as authentic, merely as a reference to the Bible passages mentioned in the other thread.

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Are you a Catholic?

Surely if it's a Catholic site, it would be aunthentic Catholic instruction?

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No idea .......

[rabbitearbandicoot]

The site also says quoting a Cardinal who is a lifelong friend of Pope Francis.

"LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - As it stands now, Catholic priests take a vow of celibacy and cannot be married. The Catholic church simply does not accept divorce, and anyone divorced, who then remarries or starts a sexual relationship with a new person, is committing adultery under Catholic law.

"He said, these were his priorities as Pope. The first of all is to change the rules for divorced couples," claims Crespo on his conversation with Francis. "The second was to eliminate the law of celibacy. He said it was not part of the doctrine of the church. It was started more than 1,000 years ago by a pope, and he considers it archaic, an antiquity which needs to be reconsidered."

"He thinks God made everyone to live in family, including priests."

[lind9650]

The history of Popes celibacy, adultery and marriages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sexually_active_popes

I don't believe one word the Catholic Church teaches. Every Pope changd rules to suit his particular lifestyle.

Actually I don't believe what any Church or Denomination teaches.

Erica

[lionrose.7]

One thing I would like to know, If you believe the bible, god said go forth and Multiply, he did not say every one multiply but Priest and Nuns.

[azureline**]

It's not a requirement that you do................... it's a choice.

Popes don't actually get to make the rules willy nilly..................... it's a bigger process that that.

As for the rules about divorce etc, I am pleased they are looking at that still.

It's time for change.

That's what Vatican II was about.

[polksaladallie]

I heard a discussion eons ago with some Canadian (Catholic) nuns who had researched and found that 2 popes in the distant past had been women pretending to be men.