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How do you remove rhetoric from reality?	paraclete	04/05/05
I'm greatly disturbed by a statement I just witnessed on the PBS program "newshour" An american female was being interviewed regarding the Late Pope and she said "we know he will always be there and we can pray to him" Surely catholics dont equate the Pope to God, to Christ, don't think he now has any ability to answer prayer, surely the catholic church has moved on from this nonsense of saints as intercessors
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purplewings		04/05/05
I would hope you would be respectful of other people's faith and not call it nonsense. Prayer is personal and we can do it however we choose. I speak to my deceased family members and dearest friends to intercede. There is not a thing wrong with that. No one says the Pope is God - only that the Pope is very close to God. Lighten up! Try to remember there is noone here who has been there and can tell us without a doubt who is right or wrong in the way they pray. PW

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