Progressivism in the Church Church Revolution in Pictures Photo of the Week Vatican Internet site    May 16, 2001 The Kissing Pope - II One of the novelties in morality of Pope Wojtyla was to frequently kiss young women. In the picture above young women line up to be kissed by the Pope. In the picture below, he kisses a young woman who rests her hand on his leg. No Supreme Pontiff of the Catholic Church has ever behaved this way in public before. On the contrary, Catholic Morals was always very strict regarding intimacy between ecclesiastics and women. In his book Homo Apostolicus [The Apostolic Man] giving orientation to ecclesiastics, St. Alphonsus de Ligouri stresses that great care should be taken regarding familiarity with women. He quotes St. Thomas Aquinas, saying: "The licit carnal affection is always dangerous, if not pernicious. When conversing with a woman who is receiving spiritual direction, however much it might seem pure in the beginning, as it becomes more familiar, the first motive weakens and purity is stained" (St. Alphonse of Ligouri, Homo Apostolicus, Paris: Mechilinae, 1832, vol. 3, p. 156, quoting St. Thomas, Opusculae 6, Per famil.) Pope Wojtyla, however, publicly transgressed this traditional precept of Catholic Morals in such a way as to establish the contrary. Was he giving free reign to his affection? Was he fulfilling an item on the progressivist agenda? Vatican Internet site    Related Topics of Interest   The kissing Pope - I   The remarkable intimacy of JPII with ladies   JP II jokes with the symbol of his office   John Paul II greets a group of semi-naked native women   Wojtyla, the "Woodstock" Pope   Card. Wojtyla in very casual dress   1200 high school girls in revealing costumes perform for the Pope   A bare-breasted native woman presents the Offertory gifts for JPII's Mass   Dancing girls perform for Card. Mahony   On the condemned New Morals or Situation Ethics Our Lady of La Salette, restore the Holy Church Find 500 more pictures in Previews of the New Papacy Pictures  |  Home  |  Books  |  Tapes  |  Search  |  Contact Us ©2002-2007   Tradition in Action, Inc.   All Rights Reserved