EDHS Contemporary World Affairs

RebeccaCavin · Veteran Member

Will the new Pope change the Catholic Church?

R-Squared · Senior Member

Abortion is likely going to remain a sticking point for a long time; gay marriage may be less so, but I somehow doubt things will change in the Catholic Church too quickly.

Still, as long as the church can make itself both more accessible, more modest, and more willing to listen to the common people, then progress may yet come along.

thesprintking · Senior Member

I think the church needs to continue staying seperate from the state especially on issues like abortion and gay marriage

ryanwelch · Veteran Member

I feel like the church will remain for, for the most part, the same. There will obviously have some minor changes but I don't think it will be so dramatic.

Justin DeBooy · Veteran Member

I think his views on these topics will definitley have influence but with over a billion catholics in the world i doubt change will happen anytime soon.

lianafoxx · Senior Member

ryanwelch wrote:
I feel like the church will remain for, for the most part, the same. There will obviously have some minor changes but I don't think it will be so dramatic.

KingWesleyIII · Senior Member

Yeah i agree with ryan i think it'll stay the same

Lauren Gullotti · Veteran Member

It won't change... if it does I don't think we will be alive to witness it. The Catholic church is sooo slow. But I do like the new pope, specifically because he is Saint Francis and that saint treated the poor extremely well, which I find to be refreshing.

ashleyhightower · Senior Member

The Catholic Church has never been a huge advocate for change, whether or not people think it should. It's not going to change.

CelesteSalas · Veteran Member

I think it is a touchy subject to ask about personal views like this particularly because they are religious views although they are not limited to that. I will, however, share my own personal view points briefly. These are my personal views and you have every right to disagree with everything I say. Abortion kills babies, but desperate times call for desperate measures, which in my opinion should be considered very deeply. I enjoy seeing couples happy, regardless of whether they are of the same gender or not, happiness is happiness. However, I don't think gay couples should push their churches to marry them forcibly, because that is not how the church believes it should work. Gay couples should be allowed to get married by the state, not by the church, besides the church will never deny followers so they will obviously still be able to attend church if they so wish it. Adoption of children by gay couples is fine if they are able to provide for the child, but honestly I think it would be much better for them to get pets because then the child would never have to go through certain struggles. Children might think themselves different because they have two mothers or two fathers and might even get made fun of for it. Also, I think gay couples should limit their amount of publicly displayed affection just to save other children confusion of why two men or women are kissing. It is difficult for parents to explain to their children what is really going on. I repeat, these are the things I believe, and you by no means have to agree with what I say I realize that everyone's perspectives are different.