Next time someone says, let’s just agree to disagree about this issue, say, 'No. Instead, let’s agree to love each other and to pursue the truth together.'
Since the first coming of Christ has already been fulfilled, we now focus more on His second coming, of which the first coming is a sacramental reminder.
The statements issuing from the San Diego Synod will be welcomed by those Catholics who think of Church moral teachings as bothersome, as arbitrary standards.
Sadly, so many religious people have taken up the cause of saving the planet from the possibility of everyone living in comfort with a mix of affordable energy largely realized via fossil fuels.