Outing the Lavender Mafia is a Spiritual Work of Mercy.
Ephesians 5:11
Take no part in the fruitless works of darkness; rather expose them.
"And how is letting the Lavender Mafia out itself (and scandalize the Faithful in the process) not an evil thing to do?
Because he is letting them come out from under their brocade-upholstered rocks and show their true sliminess. At this point --- if what Fr. Z/La Stampa are reporting is true --- their name is mud as far as the other bishops are concerned. They have damaticlly lost credibility with the majority of the bishops (did you catch that there were 265 official bishops' speeches at the Synod, and only ONE (!) talked about "gay"?) (I mean !!!), and the faithful are rejoicing mightily.
In none of this ---- as far as I am aware--- has Pope Francis broken a Commandment. Whether he has or has not blundered in prudential judgment is a different question --- differ if you will on strategy and tactics --- but he has nor violated moral law.
He is like Daniel outing the horndog elders who tried to rape Susannah. He's doing it by letting them just keep talking. They're digging their graves with their jaws.
If the faithful "take scandal" from the fragmentary, garbled, cherry-picked Reuters-UPI-AP-CNN-MSNBC fare they are being served, the faithful are succumbing , wittingly or not, to rash judgment. They are calling the election results before the votes are cast; they are cursing roulette while the wheel's still in spin.
St. Francis de Sales says each person has the obligation to not TAKE scandal.
Don't take scandal.
I await his excommunicating the heretics now that they are “exposed”....rather than continuing to play these games then.
Such sophistry!