Let's play the game of "Sammons Says." Because a Catholic is called to be in union with the pope, that means Bergoglio is the pope in the first place. Let's apply Eric's logic elsewhere and find out.
Simon [Sammons] Says Drama So, let's play the game of "Sammons Says," shall we? --Because a Catholic is called to be in union with the pope, that means Bergoglio is the pope in the first place. Does this make sense? Let's apply Eric's logic elsewhere and find out. Because a Catholic spouse may licitly have relations with his or her spouse, a divorced-and-"remarried"--without an annulment-- Catholic may licitly have relations with the individual who, "to all appearances"--Eric's words; not mine--is that "second spouse." As long as the majority of the couple's family and friends "universally accept" them as man and wife, it makes them man and wife, canon law notwithstanding. The fact that "acceptance" is offered by the numerous malformed, and non-acceptance by the few conscientiously well-formed, is beside the point. Catholic morality is a matter of gaining the vote of the majority; nothing more. And thi