[ebb tide]

>>Pointed to as the Brazilian Cardinal nearest to the new Pope, His Eminence, Claudio Cardinal Hummes, 78, says that the Church “does not work” as it is now, and its entire structure is asking for changes.<<

http://www.aleteia.org/en/religion/documents/interview-with-claudio-cardinal-hummes-on-the-election-of-pope-francis-578001

[WorkingClassFilth]

If Jesus were alive today, would he be in favor of gay marriage?


Next question.

[libstripper]

Just like the Mahdi, this pope is looking more and more like a Trojan Horse.

[WorkingClassFilth]

If Jesus were alive today, would he be in favor of gay marriage?

Uh, no.

Next question.

[NTHockey]

Spoken like a true advocate of Situation Ethics.

[BlatherNaut]

If Jesus were alive today, would he be in favor of gay marriage? I don't know, I formulate no hypothesis on this.

Apparently he has apostatized.

[SumProVita]

Guilt by association?

Hmmmm...Jesus spent a lot of time with sinners.

[rwilson99]

Jesus is alive and wouldn’t understand why two men or two women would insist on engaging what has historically been a fertility ritual that predates the Church and Jesus himself.

[Redmen4ever]

Jesus IS alive today.

[Alex Murphy]

Do you all remember Cardinal Hummes? Yes, the Pope's greatest friend in the College of Cardinals, the Franciscan who inspired the papal name "Francis", the man who was right by the Pope's side in the loggia in the memorable evening of his election. As an emeritus, his influence is obviously a more understated one. Anyway, he granted an extensive interview days ago (July 27) to a paper in his native Brazil, and the answers are just remarkable, particularly this one, on same-sex "marriages":

If Jesus were alive today, would he be in favor of gay marriage?

I don't know, I formulate no hypothesis on this. Who must answer this is the Church in its entirety. We must take care not to raise issues individually, because this ends up creating more difficulties for us to reach a valid conclusion. I think we must get together, listen to people, those who have an interest, the bishops. It is the Church that must indicate the ways, and there must be a way for all.

IB4TPCWM