Say it ain't so, Jim ...
Posted on 12/19/2023 3:49:23 PM PST by nickcarraway
On Monday, Pope Francis gave Catholic priests around the world permission to bless same-sex unions, with certain limitations.
A document, signed by the Pope, emphasizes that while blessings are approved to be given to gay couples, they are not recognized with the same sacrament of marriage in the eyes of the Church.
LGBTQ advocates in Rockford say they have mixed feelings about the pope’s declaration.
“While it is a huge step forward towards a recognition of many diverse viewpoints, it doesn’t change the fundamental teaching of the Catholic Church,” said Jessica Green, president of Rockton Pride.
“The blessing that’s going to be occurring is going to have to be a separate occasion from the marriage itself. It’s still that separation between the two (that) still indicates… the underlying issue that we’re still dealing with, with trying to get to a place of marriage equality,” she added.
The Church still enforces its teaching that marriage remains solely between a man and a woman.
“We are moving toward a future that recognizes LGBTQ relationships,” Green said.
Monday’s declaration follows a 2021 ruling from the Vatican Doctrine Office that banned blessings of same-sex couples, saying “God cannot bless sin.”
“There’s so much more work to be done, but it’s good to know that at least Pope Francis is behind us a little bit,” said Rockford Area Pride Committee chair Andrew Mertzenic said.
The Rockford Diocese declined to comment for this story.
The Pope understands that destruction of the church must be done incrementally, not all at once.
I’m not Catholic, but if I were, I’d say they should be excommunicated, though I think that would damn them to hell, as Catholics believe.
It’s a little more complicated than that, but I think they have have automatically excommunicated themselves.
Gee, what a surprise!
Appeasing them only encourages further demands.
That’s true of all self anointed “victim” classes.
Getting the status of “victim” is very rewarding!
Nothing less than total submission to their agenda and complete compliance with them is good enough for the LGBTQRZ.... crowd.
Tough beans.
I will never admit they are in the right.
Read the Book of Revelation Chapters 6 through 19 to see what is “far enough” for these sodomite LGBTQRSTWXYZ fags.
Say it ain't so, Jim ...
If the Pope is not fully behind the teachings of the Church, he may as well pack it in. Having someone who “sort of/halfway” believes & teaches the message of the Church is a joke.
He is the pope of the billionaires.
Technically that may be correct, but some things really do call for a bit of ceremony.
It’s never enough. It will never be enough. These nutjobs cannot be appeased.
The Catholic Church has reached that point, contravening its tradition and doctrine, it is being manipulated (through the Pope) by radical gay and transsexual groups.
With all things with the left, it is never enough.
The unions were not recognized. The individuals are allowed to be blessed — for their humanity.
Of course, any MSM will corrupt the verbiage to serve their personal preferences.
I remember when the EAA held their annual fly-in and air show there years ago, with my dad taking the family there in 69. It was moved to Oshkosh in 70.
LOL! Anyone surprised by this? At all? Give the perverts and inch and they’ll take you a mile. You can never, ever, be left enough. You can never give them enough to be happy, ever. It is stupid, and in this case evil, to try to compromise with the godless (or make themselves gods) left.
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