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From the only reliable source of Catholic news on the net, Eye of the Tiber:

 

 

VATICAN––In a stunning break with centuries of Catholic teaching, Pope Francis announced today that the forces of Gravity and Electromagnetism are real, adding that “God is not a magician with a magic wand.” This is in stark contrast with the teaching of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, whose third Encyclical is entitled “God the Magician: Why Gravity Doesn’t Exist.”

During this address to the Pontifical Academy of the Sciences, Pope Francis rocked the Catholic world, which has been a staunch enemy of science since the Church’s public excommunication, execution, and dismemberment of Galileo in 1633. His statements have been called “progressive” by the liberals in the Church who, contrary to the Catechism of the Council of Trent, deny that every falling object is pulled downward by an angel created for that specific purpose by Jesus and Mother Mary.

“It is not inconsistent with the Catholic faith to believe that matter warps space-time,” Pope Francis stated, “such that objects that would normally have travelled in a straight line would bend their path along this curvature and even fall toward the heavier object.” This is a direct contradiction of the teaching of Doctor of the Church St. Bonaventure, who proved through Aristotelian philosophy that objects are attracted toward one another through Love of God and neighbor.

His Holiness did not limit his remarks to gravity, but included the “thorny issue” of electromagnetism in his remarks as well, stating that a Catholic has the right to believe that light travels through space as an electromagnetic wave. This implies a non-literal reading of the Book of Genesis, which says: “And God said: ‘Let there be light,’ and there was light, which is the brightness of God’s teeth when he smiles.”

 

The Pope then spoiled everything by noting that at conception a unique human being comes into existence and was promptly condemned in much of the media as being anti-science.

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Philip
Philip
Saturday, November 1, AD 2014 8:41am

If what Pope Francis said is true…then that would make the changing of church dogma & doctrine…”anti-matter.” No?

Paul W Primavera
Paul W Primavera
Saturday, November 1, AD 2014 8:50am

Excellent satire!

Mary De Voe
Saturday, November 1, AD 2014 11:35am

“The Pope then spoiled everything by noting that at conception a unique human being comes into existence and was promptly condemned in much of the media as being anti-science.”
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“The Pope then spoiled everything by noting that at conception a unique human being comes into existence and was promptly condemned in much of the media as being anti-science.”
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This truth bears repeating. The media shall stand up to be condemned.

Barbara Gordon
Barbara Gordon
Sunday, November 2, AD 2014 3:39am

My nephew posted this on his FB page last week as a way of teasing me after I complained about those in high religious positions who have very little scientific training making spiritual pronouncements on things like global warming –woops!! I meant “climate change!”. Lol. 😀

Mary De Voe
Sunday, November 2, AD 2014 8:45am

Eye of the Tiber: your insight is pure genius.

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