Pope Leo XIV’s virtual conversation today with young people at NCYC sparks a conversation about the evolving relationship Catholics have with the petrine office.
I'm OK with Indianapolis becoming "the Crossroads of Catholic America."
Outside of the five or six Notre Dame home football games, there isn't a reason for tens of thousands of people to come to South Bend for multiple days.
You indicated that Pope Leo didn't address the issue of porn, but I think he alluded to it. He mentioned "filters" twice. "I take this opportunity to remind all of you, that safety is not only about rules.... Filters and guidelines can help you, but they cannot make choices for you. Only you can do that." (29:42 in the video).
He must be referring to content filters, which are mostly used as protection against porn. (Is there any other usage of "filter" that would make sense in this context?) Presumably his teenage audience will recognize the reference.
I agree with Ed that we don't want a pope to be sending out tweets and video chats on a daily basis, or having impromptu interviews every time he goes in public.
I believe that John Paul II became a celebrity because bishops, priests, and schoolteachers were not proclaiming the faith clearly. Before the 1980s, very few Catholics read papal documents.
Yet today, there are Catholics who are fans of the pope, but wouldn't recognize their bishop or their local pastor if they happened to see them in a supermarket. Surely this is not ideal!
A few weeks late getting to this one. I would suggest you get a different bleep for censoring private information to distinguish it from profanity. I would, except I very much enjoyed, not even a minute after JD got bleeped twice for bull***, Ed getting bleeped over and over for names he calls his daughter.
fwiw, Ed and I are millennials.
But the point isn't whether people were thinking of JP2, so much as how different their rhetoric and style was.
Two bonus episodes! Ambassador you’re really spoiling us.
*University of Notre Dame du Lac
All I can think about now are those poor people who have been defrauded. May God have mercy on them.
Any wealthy Catholic philanthropist who might want to donate to an underfunded pension fund.
I'm OK with Indianapolis becoming "the Crossroads of Catholic America."
Outside of the five or six Notre Dame home football games, there isn't a reason for tens of thousands of people to come to South Bend for multiple days.
You indicated that Pope Leo didn't address the issue of porn, but I think he alluded to it. He mentioned "filters" twice. "I take this opportunity to remind all of you, that safety is not only about rules.... Filters and guidelines can help you, but they cannot make choices for you. Only you can do that." (29:42 in the video).
He must be referring to content filters, which are mostly used as protection against porn. (Is there any other usage of "filter" that would make sense in this context?) Presumably his teenage audience will recognize the reference.
I agree with Ed that we don't want a pope to be sending out tweets and video chats on a daily basis, or having impromptu interviews every time he goes in public.
I believe that John Paul II became a celebrity because bishops, priests, and schoolteachers were not proclaiming the faith clearly. Before the 1980s, very few Catholics read papal documents.
Yet today, there are Catholics who are fans of the pope, but wouldn't recognize their bishop or their local pastor if they happened to see them in a supermarket. Surely this is not ideal!
Keeping Up Appearances reference. My day is made.
A few weeks late getting to this one. I would suggest you get a different bleep for censoring private information to distinguish it from profanity. I would, except I very much enjoyed, not even a minute after JD got bleeped twice for bull***, Ed getting bleeped over and over for names he calls his daughter.
Very much "The Count Censored" youtube energy.