What of this? At their own website, they state: "The Protest the Pope campaign is calling on the British government to disassociate itself from "the Pope's intolerant teachings" on issues such as women's rights, gay equality and the use of condoms to prevent the spread of HIV. On these and many other issues, Benedict is out of step with the majority of British people, including most Catholics. Pope Benedict opposes women's ordination. Women are deemed unfit to preach the gospel. This is an insult to the whole female sex. The implication of the Pope's teaching is that women have no moral capability or capacity for spiritual leadership. This is pure patriarchy, sexism and misogyny. The Pope says artificial contraception is a sin..." (See here).
What Protest the Pope refers to as "the Pope's intolerant teachings" is, in reality, not "his" teaching. He is merely its guardian. He confirms his brethren in the faith (Luke 22:32). Pope Benedict XVI is not advancing his own '"opinions." He is teaching what every Pope before him has taught and what the entire episcopate teaches. Therefore, Protest the Pope is anti-Catholic. The initiative opposes the teaching of the Catholic Church with regard to the above-cited issues.
The problem for Protest the Pope is that every one of the issues which they oppose the Church on are taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. And, in his Apostolic Constitution Fidei Depositum, Pope John Paul II wrote, "THE CATECHISM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHICH I APPROVED JUNE 25TH LAST AND THE PUBLICATION OF WHICH I TODAY ORDER BY VIRTUE OF MY APOSTOLIC AUTHORITY, IS A STATEMENT OF THE CHURCH'S FAITH AND OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE, ATTESTED TO OR ILLUMINED BY SACRED SCRIPTURE, THE APOSTOLIC TRADITION, AND THE CHURCH'S MAGISTERIUM. I DECLARE IT TO BE A SURE NORM FOR TEACHING THE FAITH.." (No. 3).
In the same document (No. 1), Pope John Paul II says that, "It can be said that this Catechism is the result of the collaboration of THE WHOLE EPISCOPATE OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.." In other words, all of the Church's Bishops.
Protest the Pope is not being honest. It's hatred of Pope Benedict XVI stems from the fact that the Holy Father courageously teaches the Gospel message. This is why they attack his person and mission. His teaching is not his own. It comes from the Lord Jesus. And because the Holy Father remains faithful to the Lord Jesus, like his predecessors, he is hated by those who reject Jesus' way of love and peace.*
The above image is taken from the Protest the Pope Blog. What these confused souls do not understand is that prior to the Lambeth Conference of 1930, all of the Christian Churches taught that artificial birth control is a sin. The Catholic Church does not feel free to reject God's Commandments.
* John 14:15
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