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imacatholic2
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No.
Christianity does not have authority over the civil authority.
But God does have authority of Christians.
Christians reside in their own nations, but as resident aliens. They participate in all things as citizens and endure all things as foreigners. They obey the established laws and their way of life surpasses the laws.
The citizen is obliged in conscience not to follow the directives of civil authorities when they are contrary to the demands of the moral order, to the fundamental rights of persons or the teachings of the Gospel.
We must obey God rather than men. (Acts 5:29)
For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 2240-2242: http://www.nccbuscc.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2.htm#2240
With love in Christ. |
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Mitch Conner
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Not unless the pope takes over the U.S. Nothing can abolish a U.S. law, unless the supreme court strikes it down. |
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Doctor What
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No. The pope is in a completely different country, and doesn't have complete rule over the world. If he did, we'd all be screwed. |
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Final Frontier
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The Pope? Nope. |
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ausdingo1
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No.....who told you that? |
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TeresaTay
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no |
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verybizzy2000
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Of course not. We have a separation of church and state. No religious leader has any say over our laws other than to express their opinions. |
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Sally K
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The pope has nothing to do with US government. He cannot make, enforce or abolish any law unless it is church law. While there is separation of church and state in this country, the right wing does overtime to have US laws abolished that do not agree with the church. Sometime it works for them, sometimes not. |
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kaisergirl
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No. |
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whatever
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no no no. the pope can advise catholics to defy laws, but he is not emperor of the world any more. |
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Luis
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No, ever heard of separation of church and state(state meaning the government) |
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Faultering Universe
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Not hardly because he wouldnt be able to enforce it in any way. |
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Barry auh2o
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Like the queen of England or Chancellor of Germany----no! |
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mlbjock_58
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hardly,he doesn't even enjoy that power in italy,where he home ports, it might be nice if you used the additional information,section to tell us all in what context that this question came up, I'm sure that quite a few us are wondering why you are asking,tks. |
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Roz
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No, not even if he was an American.
He's just the pope not GOD |
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rrspiker
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the pope can't even keep priests from doing little boys... |
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Torin
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Directly? No. Thru political influence? Yes. |
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T-LI
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The Pope can abolish any law in the United States (elements of Ecclesiastical Law Vol. 1 53-54) |
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