Posted on 03/04/2005 7:34:42 AM PST by NYer
Mar 4
| Mel Gibson - with a new interview on the March 11 re-release of The Passion of the Christ Also, Francis Cardinal Arinze - highlights of his last appearance |
A February 11 EWTN broadcast of the news program, World Over Live, with host Raymond Arroyo, featured an interview with Arinze, the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments. The interview covered a wide range of topics, including female altar servers, Latin in the Mass, abortion and the rainbow sash movement.
Arroyo questioned the Vatican Cardinal saying: “Last year, you were asked at a press conference whether a politician, a Catholic politician who supports abortion publicly should be permitted to the Communion rail, should be permitted to receive Communion publicly. What is your response to that?”
Cardinal Arinze responded, “The answer is clear. If a person says I am in favour of killing unborn babies whether they be four thousand or five thousand, I have been in favour of killing them. I will be in favour of killing them tomorrow and next week and next year. So, unborn babies, too bad for you. I am in favour that you should be killed, then the person turn around and say I want to receive Holy Communion. Do you need any Cardinal from the Vatican to answer that?
Laughing, Arroyo responded, “It should be pretty transparent.” To which the Cardinal concluded, “Simple, ask the children for First Communion, they'll give you the answer.”
Similarly, Cardinal Arinze ruled out Communion for homosexual activists.
Arroyo noted that while some US bishops have refused Communion to Rainbow Sash activists, others such as Archbishop Harry Flynn of Minneapolis - St. Paul have not. Flynn, after meeting with Cardinal Arinze in Rome recently, suggested that the Cardinal was open to allowing communion for Rainbow Sash activists.
Arroyo first confirmed the meeting with Archbishop Flynn took place. “Did such a conversation take place between you and this archbishop?,” asked Arroyo, to which Cardinal Arinze responded, “Yes.”
Arroyo followed with “And were you open to allowing this group to receive Communion as he inferred in some of the newspapers.”
The Vatican Cardinal responded, “No, no. You see, let's get it clear. These rainbow sash people, are they really saying we are homosexuals, we intend to remain so and we want to receive Holy Communion. The question arises; take the Catechism of the Catholic Church. It says it is not condemning a person for having homosexual tendency. We don't condemn anybody for that. But a person stands condemned for acting on it.”
On homosexuality the Cardinal was clear. “The Catholic Church has never accepted homosexuality as normal. You read the scripture. It's very clear. What exactly are we examining? Are we going to change Divine Law, how God made us?”
He made a distinction between active homosexuals and those with homosexual tendencies. “Quite another matter if a person had just the tendencies and is making (an) effort to live the Divine Law, then that's fine. So, we respect persons but be clear on the truth,” he said.
Vatican Cardinal Ends Debate: No Communion for Pro-Abortion Politicians or Rainbow Sashers
GIBSON '08
Cripes I tried to go to the site and all it is full of shockwave and plugin stuff, my question is, DID HE DO IT IN ENGLISH?
That could end up being the greatest coup in film history, top grossing film two years in a row, and eligible for Oscar next year...
Tune in to EWTN tonight!
I don't have it.
EWTN streams live and has archives of this particular show at:
http://www.ewtn.com/audiovideo/
Thanks for posting this - we'd have surely missed it otherwise!
I don't have broadband.
It was a very simple question.
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MEL's -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-
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I am hoping to pick it up on Relevant Radio tomorrow!
I tried the picture but it wouldn't come up. Any ideas Karen or Marsha?
I'm going out for a few. Be back a bit later.
A woman after my own heart! *grins*
Stay safe!
I am hoping our theater brings it here in March. I'd love to see it again on the big screen during Holy Week!
Hi, Jay. About the picture, the server it's hosted on is down...hopefully it's temporary. Sorry :-(
Thanks for the ping!
bttt
I would like to SEE Mel Gibson go to Clearwater, Florida and support Terri. The press will follow him and would help shine the light on this HORRORABLE crime in Clearwater, and if wants to do a movie on FATIMA. I suggest he study the FATIMA and Clearwater connection.
http://www.shepherds-of-christ.org
Mel, connect the dots.....,and go to Clearwater and study the history...and HELP TERRI , and if you do this...The entire world will see this and bless you more....
vet out...(I was a Soldier)
http://www.awakening-healing.com/images/USacredSites/MthrMary1s.jpg
These are signs
I would like to SEE Mel Gibson go to Clearwater, Florida and support Terri. The press will follow him and would help shine the light on this HORRORABLE crime in Clearwater, and if wants to do a movie on FATIMA. I suggest he study the FATIMA and Clearwater connection.
http://www.shepherds-of-christ.org
Mel, connect the dots.....,and go to Clearwater and study the history...and HELP TERRI , and if you do this...The entire world will see this and bless you more....
vet out...(I was a Soldier)
http://www.awakening-healing.com/images/USacredSites/MthrMary1s.jpg
These are signs
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