Posted on 08/28/2015 10:23:45 AM PDT by BlatherNaut
August 28: Pope Francis reportedly sent an encouraging letter to lesbian founder of publishing house for children’s books.
Today’s Il Giornale reports, “The Pope blesses gender ideology books. To the author he writes: “Go ahead.”
The report continues, “Pope Francis still amazes, writing a long letter to the author of the books that the mayor of Venice, Luigi Brugnaro, wanted to ban from its schools. After the Synod on the family that threatens to split the church, the Pope again lines up in defense of the same-sex couples.”
Francesca Pardi, founder with her partner Maria Silvia Fiengo of the publishing house for childrens’ books, The Block letters, is the author of books such as Little Egg, Little Story of a family: Why you have two mothers? and "What is the secret of Dad?
Pardi received a positive letter from Francis’ Vatican signed by Msgr. Peter Wells of the Vatican Secretary of State, who on behalf of the Pope, urged her “go ahead on her pathway.” pardi Pardi celebrates her response from Pope Francis on her Facebook page, where she displays a photo of the Vatican envelope.
Il Giornale describes the Vatican letter as “A new episode in which Bergoglio seems to break the tradition of the Church and to side instead with the ‘modernity’.”
In June, Pardi had an entire catalogue of her books sent to the Pope, hoping he could read them.
Pardi wrote in her letter to Francis, “You won’t find, in these pages any faintest sign of the gender theory that these books are said to be the main instrument: where do we tell children that they can choose their own gender? where do we talk to them about sex?”
Yet Pardi and Fiengo follow the tactics of homosexual strategists Marshal K. Kirk and Erastes Pill who in their landmark 1987 article “The Overhauling of Straight America,” urged the necessity to “Talk About Gays and Gayness as Loudly and as Often as Possible.”
“The principle behind this advice is simple”, say Kirk and Pill, “almost any behavior begins to look normal if you are exposed to enough of it at close quarters and among your acquaintances. The acceptability of the new behavior will ultimately hinge on the number of one’s fellows doing it or accepting it.”
A person may be offended initially by the novelty of it all, but as Kirk and Pill point out “as long as Joe-Six-pack feels little pressure to perform likewise, and as long as the behavior in question presents little threat to his physical and financial security, he soon gets used to it and life goes on.” As time goes on, Joe-Six pack and his friends will become more tolerant of homosexuality as no more than an alternative, legitimate way of life.
This is the strategy of telling the story of homosexual families to small children, especially when these books are introduced in children’s schools. It means equalizing, in the educational period, the traditional family with the homosexual couples.
Homosexuals do not reproduce. They must recruit, and they seek to recruit and proselytize our children.
Francis’ Vatican appears ignorant of the moral confusion such books inflict on our little ones. While the books may not explicitly propose “gender theory,” they certainly indoctrinate children to accept homosexual families and the homosexual lifestyle.
Once again, the Vatican Press Office leapt into Francis-damage control.
“In no way does the letter from the Secretariate of State mean to endorse behavior and teachings not in line with the Gospel,” the Vatican press office said on Friday.
In the letter of response Monsignor Peter B. Wells wrote that "His Holiness is grateful for the delicate gesture and for the sentiments that I have suggested," and "calls for a more profitable activity in the service of the young generations and the spread of authentic human values and Christians', imparting the apostolic blessing."
Francis' Vatican seems blind to the contradiction of sending the author of homosexual books encouragement to "go ahead," along with an exhortation to spread authentic human and Christian values. Here again we see the modernist confusion: what is affirmed in one place is denied in another.
The press office claimed the letter to Francesca Pardi, in response to a letter from her to the Pope after Venice Mayor Luigi Brugnaro banned 'gay' books from the city's schools, was meant to remain private, something which “unfortunately did not happen.”
Il Giornale, however, notes that Pardi received a warm, encouraging letter from Francis’ Vatican. Yet the Mayor of Venice who banned these books, received no such letter of congratulations.
Mayor Brugnaro, Il Giornale notes, is “too much in line with Tradition.”
The False Prophet, just doing his thing.
Yeah, thanks Jesuit. Once again “leading” the flock.
Interesting how she “displays a photo of the Vatican envelope” on Facebook, but not the letter itself. We can’t read the wording of the letter.
I’m not a Catholic but if I was I would not support the Church as long as he is there. It really irritates me when he is getting involved in gov’t promotion is socialism and mass immigration.
A demented Argentinian communist (and possible pervert) sits on the throne of Peter.
Will God intervene?
Pope Francis sends letter praising gay children’s book
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3330278/posts
Similar article, but different. Your article says that the letter was suppose to be private. So, the Pope is saying one thing in public and another in private.
““The principle behind this advice is simple”, say Kirk and Pill, “almost any behavior begins to look normal if you are exposed to enough of it at close quarters and among your acquaintances. The acceptability of the new behavior will ultimately hinge on the number of one’s fellows doing it or accepting it.”
A person may be offended initially by the novelty of it all, but as Kirk and Pill point out “as long as Joe-Six-pack feels little pressure to perform likewise, and as long as the behavior in question presents little threat to his physical and financial security, he soon gets used to it and life goes on.” As time goes on, Joe-Six pack and his friends will become more tolerant of homosexuality as no more than an alternative, legitimate way of life.
This is the strategy of telling the story of homosexual families to small children, especially when these books are introduced in children’s schools. It means equalizing, in the educational period, the traditional family with the homosexual couples.”
That indeed is a very effective strategy. They used it with wild success in the entertainment industry where every show or film depict homosexuals in a more positive light than heteros, and shows the heteros acceptance of homosexuality as a noble, moral act.
Looks like the Pope is recruiting for the other side.
The pope should be burned as a witch.
An ugly pattern is becoming increasingly clear:
"...No distancing from a children's book series which will appear in the name of Pope Francis for gender ideology. The Foundation Scholas Occurrentes, a worldwide network of schools was established on the initiative of Pope Francis in August 2013 at the Vatican. The Argentine newspaper Clarín have been publishing since spring 2015 in cooperation with the Pope Foundation in Spanish, the children's book series, "With Francis at my side." The children's stories, which are now widely circulated in Spain, advertise homosexuality, transexuality and "new family forms" on behalf of the Pope. The children's book series is promoted with the image of Pope Francis, it was photographed at the Vatican.
The driving force behind the establishment of the foundation Scholas Occurrentes was also the Argentine Archbishop Marcelo Sanchez Sorondo. The establishment took place in a ballroom run by Sorondo's Pontifical Academy of Sciences. Both Scholas Occurrentes and the Vatican wash their hands in innocence. Nobody wants to have known something or anything to do with the contents of the children's book series. A distancing has not taken place until today, although the book series coincides with Pope Francis' image, stabbing Catholic initiatives in the back with the portrait, trying to clarify the aims of gender ideology and roll back their influence.
The newspaper publisher Clarín continues, meanwhile, negotiations with other newspaper publishers to translate the children's books into other languages and spread them to other countries."
http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2015/07/fight-against-human-trafficking-fight.html
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PopeWatch: Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo
"Regarding these responses by Argentinian Archbishop Marcelo Sánchez Sorondo, a close friend of Pope Francis, to questions posed by Stefano Gennarini of C-Fam writing at C-Fam’s Turtle Bay and Beyond, PopeWatch has just one question: What is in the water in Argentina?..."
It’s obvious to me that this is a generic form letter from a staff member in response to a gift of many books.
The way the letter is written, there is nothing inappropriate in it no matter who it is addressed to.
“His holiness is grateful for the thoughtful gesture and for the feelings which it evoked, hoping for an always more fruitful activity in the service of young generations and the spread of genuine human and Christian values,”
It simply thanks them for the thoughtful gesture and feelings evoked. So what.
And it expresses a hope that in the future, they will do a better job serving humanity and christianity.
You can say that to a satanist or atheist and have it be a good and encouraging thing.
There is nothing in the quote revealed that shows it was tailored at all to the particular person.
In fact it screams generic form letter from a staff member...
Really? Then there should be no objection if the same letter is addressed to a Nazi group or NAMBLA in response to a "gift of many books", right?
Exactly.
Christians pray for nazis and pedophiles too.
The thank you note merely expresses hope that they will do a better job serving humanity and christianity in the future.
Which an equally good message for a satanist, nazi, or pedophile. Everyone can improve and repent.
Infallible.
Do you think infallibility applies to generic form letters sent by staff members?
There is no correct application of the term to the RCC.
“The pope should be burned as a witch.”
Maybe that response is a little extreme for a generic thank you letter sent by a staff member.
“If someone is gay and searches for the Lord and has good will, who am I to judge?” Two years ago Tuesday, Pope Francis uttered these words.
Are we all sinners?
Absolutely
Do we need forgiveness of our sins, once we repent? Absolutely.
Do we need a representative of God to point out sin?
Absolutely
My Church allows anyone that wants to the opportunity to worship and gives access to all the church services and counseling available tom members We do not allow Homosexuals or Heterosexuals living together (Not married) to be voting members of our Church. I feel the Pope is lukewarm towards sinners (as defined in the Bible). Just my felling, I could be wrong.
I think that’s a far better topic of discussion since it revolves around the actual words of the pope instead of a generic form letter thank you note from a staff member.
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