Posted on 09/17/2015 5:49:12 AM PDT by marshmallow
Speaking at a diocesan conference in Sessa Aurunca, Italy, the Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops emphasized that the Church must “include” rather than “exclude.”
In his September 15 address, which was summarized in a brief article in L’Osservatore Romano, Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri said that “the crisis of the family is due also to the hiddenness of the Church,” which is called to “listen,” “accompany,” and “include,” rather than “exclude,” so that all may experience the “incomparable beauty of matrimony.”
Three serious challenges that foster an “anti-family” mentality, he continued, are “individualism and emotional fragility,” “lack of faith,” and “economic insecurity and social exclusion.”
The upcoming Synod on the family, he said, is called to give “authoritative and shared” answers to these challenges as the Church rediscovers “the art of accompaniment.”
(Excerpt) Read more at catholicculture.org ...
The Church must preach the Gospel, undiluted and unadulterated. In the Gospels, there are accounts of men coming to Jesus and posing the question: "What must I do to inherit eternal life?" (Luke 10:25, Mark 10:17). The task of the Church is to answer that question for men of all generations. The road is, as the Gospels tell us, "a narrow one".
There will always be those, like the young man in the Gospel, who "go away sad" (Mark 10:22) on hearing what the Church has to say. Is that an example of the Church "excluding"? I think not.
By pushing the false idea that the Church "excludes", the cardinal is helping to perpetuate a lie.
It sounds like the RCC is getting ready to make some radical changes to their doctrine. “Gay matrimony?” At least they’re not even hinting at open socialism.
Maybe the RCC will endorse Bernie Sanders.
so that all may experience the “incomparable beauty of matrimony.”
Who is “all”?
You know...
Of course the true Church excludes. Haven’t you read any of the epistles of Paul? Even Jesus excluded - FREQUENTLY.
“Include” always means gays.
This man doesn’t even know the gospel
Well said.
“Sympathy for the Devil” is an old, but durable con. Mean old CHURCH! Mean, fundie CHRISTIANS! Where’s the COMPASSION?
Harsh truth: God opposes the proud but He gives grace to the humble. Guess what camp the people demanding “inclusion” are in?
Of course it is! It's the New Religion of Vatican II!! Pre-Vatican II the Church was way too exclusive. Good thing 1960 years later the record was set straight!
Just ask any of them about accommodating creationists and find out how "inclusive" they want to be.
Cardinal Baldisseri is, as usual, parroting his boss.
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