Stultitia Infidelium

I have just been reading on Tina Beattie's Blog her post "Pope Francis and the Poetry of Hope". It scared me.

I quote:

These are my reflections during this week when, for the first time in many years, being a Catholic creates a sense of freshness and delight about the Church and its possibilities and promises. In the last few years, and particularly in the last couple of weeks, I've reflected a great deal on the difference between hope and optimism. As we awaited the announcement of the new Pope, I was not optimistic. Who would it be? I read the biographies of the papabili with a heavy heart. I feared that things could get worse, not better. 

and, from her comment:

I think we can hope for many gradual shifts in emphasis. Like Humanae Vitae, the teaching on mandatory celibacy has been breached so often - whether through Anglican married priests who have become Catholic priests or through priests in many parts of the world quietly living with women and having children - that I think it will be a very small step to change it. That's not to underestimate what it will mean for the many people who currently experience that teaching as an almost impossible burden. But I hope that we'll support Pope Francis in wanting a church that is firmly rooted in and focused on the poor, and it seems to me that we should let that agenda come fully into focus before we begin distracting attention to other issues. And I think we should simply stop talking about sex, except in the context of violence and exploitation!

Oh gosh, Tina, you are so.......... wonderful! For me, that is real theology!