Then his timing is just awful or he has no clue what goes on the real world. Gays are not a persecuted minority in the West. By no stretch of the imagination is this true. The violence, disease, addiction they face are brought upon by their own behavior. Governments are in a unprecedented historical push to accept and promote homosexuality. 2000 year-old Catholic concepts of man/woman, rights of children, and marriage are being flushed away in the blink of an eye. And all he can do is put the onus on Catholics by implying we are the bigots.
The biggest heresy going right now in the Western world is Sodomism. And he refuses to stand up against it. The wolves are ravaging his flock and he admonishes the sheep.
Deposing this man would be an act of mercy. On him and the Church.
Well said!
When you distill it down, what this Pope has done, and with full intentionality, is to use the full weight of his position to affirm the Left's underlying tenant that those who do not accept sodomy or homosexuality are, in fact, bigots who need to show compassion. This is the great sin of what he has knowingly done.
It can scarcely be argued that if the Pope could have gone further in his comments he would have.
It is my belief that the Pope is being quite crafty here by subtly aligning himself with those who seek to destroy any who speak up and oppose the practice of homosexuality. I fully expect this Pope to continue his very determined effort to strip away moral tradition and replace it with moral relativism. He is well on the path to doing this.
Great comment.