Posted on 08/28/2015 8:48:23 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
Pope Francis has sent his blessing to a lesbian author of children's books dealing with same-sex families, wishing her and her wife well in their work, it emerged on Friday. As Vatican officials scrambled to clarify that the message was simply a standard courtesy which did not signal any change in Church teaching on the subject, the author told AFP she had been pleasantly surprised to have received such a positive response.
Francesca Pardi, who writes and publishes books such as "Why you have two mummies", wrote to Francis in June after the publishing company she runs with her wife came under fire from Christian groups. She included examples of her works, some of which have recently been controversially withdrawn from nurseries and primary schools by a new mayor in Venice.
"My books present different types of families without setting any of them up as a model," Pardi told AFP, praising the pope for having responded in a manner that showed "respect and dignity" towards her, her wife and their four children.
"It was not important for me that it was the pope who said it, I am not a Catholic. But it is important to see that we are not up against a wall. A dialogue is possible," she added. "Books are to be opened, to be read and to be criticised. What you don't do is ban them."
In his message, the pope wished the two women "ever more fruitful work in the service of young generations and in spreading authentic human and Christian values." Francis has signalled that he wants the Church to adopt a more pragmatic and understanding approach to the situation of believers living in gay relationships, an attitude reflected in his famous "who am I to judge" remark on the subject...
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I remember when “Is the Pope Catholic?” was a sarcastic comment, not a serious question.
When I first read this I say Paypal Blessing.
Isn’t that special? A ‘couple’ of the same sex gets a Papal blessing.
I know that my decision to leave the church forty years ago was indeed correct.
Are there any primitive catholic groups out there?
It has since been changed...
Is the Pope Communist?
The things this pope is doing frighten me.
Pope Francis, aka, King Belshazzar.
“Is the Pope Communist?”
That’s a bit harsh.
“Religious Communist” might be better.
There are the Father Feeney sects, one in Western Massachusetts and another in southwestern New Hampshire.
Problem with Feeney is that he was a virulent anti-Semite.
WAKE UP Catholics!
Your Pope is abandoning Biblical truth.
....wishing her and her wife well in their work....
A woman CANNOT have a wife, and a man CANNOT have a husband—not even with a “blessing” from the Frankish pope!!!!
Thanks.
I’ll research this.
Too far away however.
YOU’RE FIRED!!!!
How long before Frankie introduces us to his husband?
So. Let me get this straight. this women is a lesbian, 'married' to another lesbian and they're raising 4 children. She writes children's books praising gay parenthood and the 'holy' father (what a joke that is!) praises her for 'spreading authentic human and Christian values.'
Don't tell me this man isn't evil and and an enemy to Christianity.
One begins to wonder if the House of Cards that elected Francis used the same vetting methods as the U.S. voters in 2008, i.e. willful ignorance.
No.
Not harsh at all.
Have you heard what the Pope has said about Capitalism?
He is totally contemptuous of free market capitalism in every way possible.
I never met a Jesuit professor who wasn’t a Marxist. Goes with the territory : )
Pope Che.
Nihil obstat and imprimatur.
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