Pope on Maundy Thursday

The Pope recently celebrated Holy Thursday mass. Pope Francis has differed from previous popes in many ways. He has chosen simpler living arrangements and eats in the community dining room. Another difference is his choice of location for mass on Maundy Thursday. Pope Francis celebrated it in a juvenile detention center. This is a major change from the celebrations in St. Peter's Basilica. Pope Francis has changed the papacy in just over 2 weeks of being elected pope.

Rebuking Heresy

Last year, Jefferson Bethke posted a video title, "Why I love Jesus, but hate Religion." This video took the internet by storm now having over 24 million views. He challenged the very nature of having a Church. Jefferson stated many key facts about why the Church is wrong. Although he did not have good backing for his ideas. Many Christians were able to make response videos. If you want to see the original or one of the responses here you go.

Why should I even bother learning more about God? Who cares if I know about His nature and dumb stuff like that?
Watch this video and get a cool prospective on why it does. It's something to think about.

About Woman Priests

From: The Catechism of the Catholic Church, ed. Geoffrey Chapman, London 1994, pp. 353-354.

§ 1577. "Only a baptized man (vir) validly receives sacred ordination."[66] The Lord Jesus chose men (viri) to form the college of the twelve apostles, and the apostles did the same when they chose collaborators to succeed them in their ministry.[67] The college of bishops, with whom the priests are united in the priesthood, makes the college of the twelve an ever-present and ever-active reality until Christ's return. The Church recognizes herself to be bound by this choice made by the Lord himself. For this reason the ordination of women is not possible.[68]

     Women being allowed to enter Holy Orders is one of the most heated debates asked today in the Church. Baptized men are currently the only  ones allowed to receive Holy Orders. Some say it is proof of the archaic nature of the Church and should be removed. But  nothing was stopping Jesus, who chose some of the most hated people to become his apostles, from choosing a woman apostle. That means He made the conscience choice not to choose a woman. Not because He thought women were inferior but for some purpose we probably will never understand. 

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