Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

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Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the US Catholic Church, saying they have replaced faith with ideology and that a correct understanding of Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Francis’ comments were an acknowledgment of the divisions in the US Catholic Church, which has been split between progressives and conservatives who long found support in the doctrinaire papacies of St John Paul II and Benedict XVI, particularly on issues of abortion and same-sex marriage.

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Change over time? What, we getting new words from God? Gonna add a newer testament?

I just think he's saying that the interpretation needs to adjust to current times

Okay, what language are you interpreting it into? English to english? Or do you think the hebrew wasnt interpreted right?