Posted on 03/14/2014 6:29:08 AM PDT by ebb tide
Yes. You know how some anti-abortion activists use gross pictures to make their point? It’s time for some gross pictures to be shown to the naive people who think homosexuality is about love.
No, no, no. Diagram the sentence: Archbishop (noun) says (verb)---
Archbishop Castellani now serves Satan instead of God.
Tagline from Jorge Bergoglio/Pope Francis
What is posted is not true.
The church still stands against the practice of homosexuality.
Hate the sin; love the sinner.
Exactly what is not true in the LifeSiteNews article?
To practice homosexuality is a sin. The Pope said if a homosexual is seeking the Lord (which means not engaging in homosexual acts), who is he or anyone else to judge him. The same thing can be said for adulterers, rapists, ect. Sin is sin. But if you are living your life for the Lord, and not engaging in sin, there is nothing to judge.
When Francis first uttered these now famous remarks I figured liberals would twist his words around and attempt to make it look like he was saying nothing is wrong with engaging in homosexual acts. After all, that’s what liberals do. But I never thought he would be viciously attacked by those that call themselves Christians and conservatives. Guess I was wrong. Just say conservatives and liberals join together to criticize the Pope on his “Who am I to judge” remarks. Unbelievable.
We are pretty much in agreement until this being a coordinated effort.
While I agree the Pope’s statements, as reported by the media, have left doubts. However, I think the question that is being asked by the Pope is how to minister to people, as we find them.
People who know they are sinners need to first know that God still loves them and wants to have a relationship with them. It would appear those folks are staying away because they aren’t hearing that message.
Once they hear and believe God loves them, then they will hopefully be more open to taking the necessary actions to alter their behavior and get right with God.
My take is the Pope is trying to emphasize that first step.
Finally, let us not forget what he said about “gay marriage:”
“We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God.”
We know how that “new paradigm” ends: broken lives, arrests, prison, lawsuits, bankruptcy, loss of faith, loss of the faithful.
Are you saying the previous 265 Pope were not correctly ministering to people as they found them? Is homosexual perversion and adultery some new problem that has suddenly cropped up out of nowhere? Have you read the Old Testament?
Concur.
So where do you fall? "Moderate" Catholic?
By the way, what liberal(s) has criticized his, "Who am I to judge?" comment? Every single liberal seems to celebrating that statement.
I’m conservative to the bone, but I respect the Holy Father and will not criticize and nit pick every word out of his mouth. It’s outrageous that those that call themselves Catholic criticize his every word. God put him in the Chair of St. Peter for a reason. Most people don’t know but when Benedict was selected Pope, Francis had the second highest number of ballots casts. The Cardinals were by and large the same ones that selected him as Pope a few years later. Apparently you pay no attention to the “guided by the Holy Spirit” that allows these men to select the pope.
Francis has be working mightily to break the Ten Commandments from the bottom up.
I do not trust this Pope in any way, shape or form.
The thought occurred to me at that point that if the Pope is prepared to monkey with sacred Scripture, then he'll have no problem monkeying with the Church also. I see many recent developments in this light. Each on its own in isolation can be interpreted in a favorable or unfavorable light. Viewed collectively, a pattern emerges.
St. Paul resisted Pope St. Peter to his face.
Oh, how I wish there were more Paul’s in the hierarchy.
Very good observations. Thanks.
Yes, God gives us what we deserve.
As far as the rest of your post, it sounds like you're implying the Holy Ghost messed up in 2005 and corrected Himself in 2013.
Yes. I just remembered about him even boasting of robbing a corpse.
I don’t think it’s funny at all.
The Pope sets a spiritual tone for Catholics and non-Catholics all over the world.
A lot of examples being set by this Pope frankly stink, and I suspect it’s going to get worse.
We need the Light.
What I was trying to say is the same Cardinals that gave the Catholic Church the VERY CONSERVATIVE Benedict as Pope also had Francis coming in second to him. But for some reason you and others think he a flaming liberal and will destroy the Church. The same Cardinals seven years later gave the Church Francis. You need to think long and hard about that. Pope Francis is not changing anything to do with homosexuality and marriage. He might do some cosmetic changes on the annulment process, and with that I agree. But Catholics will still have to get an annulment from their first marriage if they want to present themselves for communion.
"Cosmetic" changes on nullifying a sacramental marriage? "Cosmetic" changes on splitting up families and harming children and faithful spouses?
Close to 90 percent of annulment requests in the U.S. are approved. And you and Francis want "cosmetic" changes to reach 100 percent?
How about a "cosmetic" change on abortion?
Or a "cosmetic" change on sodomy?
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