Pope to stop condemning same-sex civil partnerships

Daily Mail Online ^ | March 10, 2014 | Hannah Roberts

[redleghunter]

Pope Francis has suggested that the Vatican could support gay civil unions in the future, according to one of the church’s most senior cardinals.

Cardinal Dolan told American television that Francis wants church leaders to 'look into it and see the reasons that have driven them.'

'It wasn't as if he came out and approved them,' Dolan told NBC on Sunday. 'He said, “Rather than quickly condemn them, let's just ask the questions as to why that has appealed to certain people.”

In an interview to mark his first year in the church’s top job, Pope Francis last week reaffirmed the Vatican’s opposition to gay marriage but indicated that some types of civil unions could be acceptable to the church.

The Pope restated the church's teaching that 'marriage is between a man and a woman,' but added 'We have to look at different cases and evaluate them in their variety.'

Some countries justify civil unions as a way to provide the same economic and legal rights to cohabitating couples as those who are married, the Pope said in the interview with Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.

As archbishop of Buenos Aires, the then Jorge Maria Bergoglio was one of the leaders of the Catholic Church's public charge against legalising same-sex marriage in Argentina. He called the proposed legislation ‘a destructive attack on God's plan’.

But behind closed doors the Argentine archbishop is said to have supported civil unions for same-sex couples.

Former theology professor and gay rights activist Marcelo Marquez said: 'He told me “I'm in favour of gay rights and in any case, I also favour civil unions for homosexuals, but I believe that Argentina is not yet ready for a gay marriage law”.’

[polymuser]

Here’s a couple sources. It’s from Luther’s 1520 ‘The Babylonian Captivity of the Church’. Ctrl-f to search within the page. I was ELCA Lutheran, until I saw their ‘journey’ apostasy. Interesting how many Lutheran sites don’t link to Luther’s writings.

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/34904/34904-8.txt

http://www.lutherdansk.dk/Web-babylonian%20Captivitate/Martin%20Luther.htm

[polymuser]

Well, “Is the Pope Catholic?” is now a dead line.

[redleghunter]

Thanks.

[Elsie]

This ain’t gonna last long!

[redleghunter]

One has to know the art work in the first place:)

[Elsie]

One does!

[Mrs. Frogjerk]

Sorry that it took so long to get back to you.

I think that the language barrier that the Pope deals with causes a lot of problems and a lot of the media takes advantage of that. I was concerned when I had heard that Pope Francis did not speak English. I knew that would cause some kind of issue.

As for Cardinal Dolan, he really ticks me off. He is very soft and does not take a hard stand on most of our Catholic teachings. I especially loathe the fact that he will not take governor Cuomo to task for his OBVIOUS shortcomings when it comes to his faith. Cuomo is a huge pro abort, is living with his girlfriend, is divorced, I could go on and on. Yet Cardinal Dolan wouldn’t say that Cuomo isn’t a Catholic in good standing. Really? He has to be kidding. He’s a huge disappointment.