[Mrs. Don-o]

One report --- and who knows what to believe --- said that of the 265 four-minute talks given by bishops in ES1, only one --- one --- centered on homosexual concerns. It's the media mavins, it seems, who have made this the central concern of the family synod --- not the bishops themselves.

The Actual Synod has been almost totally cannibalized by the Media Synod.

That in mind, the rhetorical "mise-en-scène" which determines the meaning of vague phrases like "new things' seems capable of making those meanings shift like smoke and mirrors.

Pope Francis must know that: he's not such a fool not to know.

I agree with Cardinak Burke that Pope Francis' careful one-the-one-hand, on-the-other without actually taking a stand, perfectly exemplified in his closing homily, is capable of doing much damage.

The Enemy knows he's not going to get a doctrinal change --- that's impossible --- but he doesn't need it. All he needs is another decade of evasion, equivocation and confusion.

That worries me.

[detective]

It appears Pope Francis and a small group of the hierarchical elite are pushing for vague, almost meaningless statements to the faithful.

These statements are continually spun by the MSM to assume the promotion of homosexuality within the church.

There have been no clear, concise messages of encouragement and support to the millions of faithful Catholic families in this so called Synod on the Family. There has just been weird, murky double talk.

The fact that the Pope appears to be saying that homosexuality is a “new thing” is very disturbing.

I am becoming more and more concerned for our one true church. The strong beliefs that the Son of God willingly died for are being replaced by slimy, enticements to prevarication and evil.