Pope Benedict on Homosexual “Marriage”

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[Northern Yankee]

Thank you!

Spot on. I remember reading the book on Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, by David Maraniss a few years back. In it Maraniss talked about how Lombardi broke away from his Catholic faith by showing compassion towards those who were homosexual.

My jaw hit the floor. It's this insipid misconception that just because the Catholic Church opposes gay marriage that it doesn't show compassion or mercy. If anything Lombardi's actions reaffirm his faith and teachings of the Catholic Church.

This interview with Pope Francis just confirms this philosophy.

[Northern Yankee]

Whoops... I guess Pope Benedict. But I know Pope Francis is of the same mind.

[annalex]

Thank you for the ping. I do not have a ping list for religious purposes and am happy to hijack yours whenever I can.

[annalex]

reading the book on Vince Lombardi, When Pride Still Mattered, by David Maraniss

Why would you do such a thing? This shows you how rare is any kind of understanding of things Catholic in so-called American mainstream journalism. Note that Maraniss is not some third-rate hack but a highly credentialed author, biographer and editor. One has to conclude that in modern literary scene as accolades and sales pile up, the brain shrinks.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

--- Precisely. I believe in God’s Word but to those who won’t accept it you can say that homosexual acts are a violation of the natural law, of reason. Don’t get your hopes up, of course, for then the typical modern brainwashed by relativism will say:” Natural law accord to whom?” The patron of relativists is Pontius Pilate: “What is truth?”-John 18:38 ---

Well said bump

[Northern Yankee]

Why would you do such a thing?

Must have lost my senses there for a moment. ; )

Maraniss certainly has no concept of what the Catholic Church, or Lombardi, was all about when it comes to the Catholic faith.

The author also seem to take license about Vince's wife, Marie, having a drinking problem. But to a person any Packer or friend of the Lombardis completely denied those accusations and found them repugnant.

[GOP Poet]

bookmark

[onedoug]

That’s where I take it from.

[little jeremiah]

Excellent. I must ping this out in a bit.

[annalex]

Please do. Thank you.

[annalex]

The Old Testament definitely condemns homosexuality, but since the Catholic Church lifted some precepts of the Mosaic law for Christians, the pope cannot simply make a reference to homosexuality in Mosaic law. A Catholic must understand that homosexuality is a perversion of natural law also, regardless of one dogmatic system or another, and homosexual act is a depraved act regardless of the faith of the doer, or lack thereof.