Well, he is South American.
I am not sure what the rest of the post has to do as a response to my post though.
The world is bigger than a nation.
Okay.
Christ is bigger than a nation.
Sure.
Can anyone see the whole Body of Christ?
Well maybe. That is not relative to being a conservative or a liberal though.
The separation of American conservatives and the pope does not centre on Catholic teachings, which are universally held by all the world's Catholics, those who align themselves with the communion of the popes and the saint, at least.
The separation of American conservatives and the pope centres on his tendency to speak in very liberal terms.
Other more conservative popes talked in more conservative terms, and if that was where where the separation between them and liberal Americans was centred on, then that is fair enough. One does not have to be a conservative to be a Catholic. God is neither a liberal or a conservative, to be sure. God is not relative, according to his absolute and transcendent nature.
But one does have to accept the Catholic de fide teachings. If one cannot accept those teachings on matters of faith and morals, such as absolute ban with cooperating with abortion, then one automatically excommunicates oneself.
And that is where the separation is between American liberals like Pelosi, and the Church, which is bigger than any pope, but includes all popes. Just as the world is bigger than any nation, the Church is bigger than the tendencies and inclinations of any pope, and American liberals certainly excommunicate themselves by accepting and promoting things that are contrary to church dogma.
This is more significant than a critique of the current pope's political views, to be sure. The differences between American conservatives and the pope pale in comparison to American liberals and the whole of the magesterium of the Church. To be clear, when Ted Kennedy led your party to the side of supporting abortion, he in effect excommunicated himself by doing so.
And that was even before he murdered that girl.
Oh, and if you open up the latest NRO, you will see who is starting to argue for polygamy now that the latest battle for the left has been won. It is not the conservatives in America, and not the pope either.
Guess
who-o?
Three guesses, and the first two don't count.
At least it should be clear where I stand on polygamy. Other people ask the questions, but never give their answer, so who knows where you stand on it?