You attacked the Catholic position, which can be summarized as "Every person, regardless of sexual orientation, ought to be respected in his or her dignity and treated with consideration."
I tested whether you would attack the similar Jewish position as well. Both positions agree homosexual sexual behavior is sin; the Catholic view is not a low view of the Bible when compared with Orthodox Judaism; Male or female homosexual behavior is a mortal sin, which the Catholic position upholds from the Bible, hardly a low view.
“You attacked the Catholic position, which can be summarized as “Every person, regardless of sexual orientation, ought to be respected in his or her dignity and treated with consideration.”
But the problem isn’t that Bergoglio is telling Catholics to “respect their dignity”. It’s in telling Catholics to actually respect their homosexuality. This was a Vatican statement issued in 2014:
“Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community. Are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a fraternal space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a church that offers them a welcoming home. Are our communities capable of providing that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?”
Now...there was supposedly some backtracking after the reaction came from real Catholics (a minority within their own church). But this official statement is like throwing a baited hook into a pond and gauging the response. This most recent statement is just another baby step in the direction of degeneracy (notice I didn’t say “modernism”).
I converted to Catholicism back in 2004 (baptized on Easter). I have been a member of the Knights of Columbus almost since that time. But God so help me I’ll not set foot back in a Catholic Church until both this Pope and Magisterium are culled and statements strongly endorsing the traditional papal teachings of the Church are affirmed. If that NEVER happens, then it’ll confirm my fears...that the earthly authority never truly flowed from the Chair of Peter, but instead with a body of Christians that may have overlapped the Catholic Church, but were/are still independent of it.
I’m not happy to talk this way. In fact, this past year of Bergoglio’s “reign” has been the saddest of my time as a Catholic. Beseech the Blessed Mother and all the Saints to pray for the wounded Church. God is the only thing that can save it now.