When we hire people to run our choice churches we want them to have a voice. Instead, we call them pastor, we want this them to be administrator, financial officer, so they instead of being a progressive voice they wind up running an institution. So progressive voices fall for the main problem of churches that is civil religion. What would be wrong with hiring someone for a church and calling him prophet . And we would expect the main job she or he did was bring together a community of compassion and justice, and with the spirits help. Help us to learn that salvation comes through a compassionated and Just Community struggling to find salvation . Okay. I think my answer would be that you should stop putting pastors up if you think the primary focus and energy is found in that. I would rather go with James Luther Adams called the property fete prophet of all believer. Everybody who is brought to the church and baptized should be told that part of what be baptized is in to is a tradition
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Coming up we revisit the 20 of americans who say they have no religious affiliation. And kim lawton reports on the ongoing standoff between the vatican and american nuns. Welcome, im bob abernethy. Its good to have you with us. At the vatican, the college of cardinals is making preparations for the selection of the next pope now that benedict xvi has officially stepped down, the first pope to do so in over 600 years. On thursday, his final day, benedict met with the cardinals already gathered in rome and promised unconditional reverence and obedience to his successor. He then took a helicopter to the papal villa, castel gandolfo, where he will stay until moving to a vatican monastery for what hes said will be a life of prayer outside of public view. During his last papal audience on wednesday, benedict spoke of the joy of leading the church, as well as the many difficulties he faced a pope. I will continue to accompany the church with my prayers and i ask each of you to pray for me and
Meeting one by one with the cardinals who will choose his successor and he might be facetoface with the next pope in just a few minutes on this last day on the throne of st. Peter. Good morning. Welcome to this special edition of early start. Im john berman. And im zoraida sambolin. Wed like to welcome our viewers from around the world on cnn international. Its the top of the hour, thursday, february 28th. We are witnessing history in the making. No one alive has ever seen a sitting pope step down. It is all unfolding right now and by 2 00 p. M. Eastern, Pope Benedict xvi becomes pope emeritus. But there is still a lot to do before then. The meeting at this hour with the cardinals who will ultimately choose his replacement. Over 100 of them plan to be on hand. The pontiff will spended i ed a or two with each of them. And then Cardinal Sodano will speak. The departure of this pope after what really has been a turbulent eightyear reign leaves the Catholic Church in unchartered waters rig