Pope Francis said on Tuesday he prayed that dissent from American Catholic conse...
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE - Pope Francis said on Tuesday he prayed that dissent from American Catholic conservatives would not lead to a schism in the Church and that he was willing to listen to critics and make corrections if necessary.
It was the first time Francis has spoken so openly about the possibility of a schism in the 1.3 billion worldwide Roman Catholic Church, albeit in answer to a question. An American reporter asked him about the attacks from conservative clerics, Catholic television stations and websites in the increasingly polarized U.S. Church. Some have demanded his resignation, saying he is sowing confusion about moral issues, such as homosexuality and divorce.
Some conservative political movements in the United States have joined forces with religious conservatives to attack the pope. They reject the pope’s stands on social issues such as climate change and immigration and back Catholic conservative groups who attack his doctrinal stands, such as allowing divorced Catholics to receive communion.
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