Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Pope Francis 'refuses' gay French ambassador
The Telegraph ^ | 04-10-2015 | Henry Samuel

Posted on 04/11/2015 9:09:32 AM PDT by NRx

Pope Francis has reportedly barred the nomination of a close aide of President Francois Hollande as new French ambassador to the Vatican because he is gay.

The apparent rejection calls into question the pope's reputation as holding more liberal views on homosexuality.

Laurent Stefanini, 54, a senior diplomat and Mr Hollande's chief of protocol, was nominated in early January but the Vatican has maintained a stony silence over whether it accepts his credentials, officials in Paris said.

The usual time frame for their acceptance is a month and a half. After that, a prolonged silence after a nomination is normally interpreted as a rejection.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: france; homosexualagenda; pope
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 next last
To: pleasenotcalifornia

Post #3... excellent!

LGBT cat fight in the Vatican!


21 posted on 04/11/2015 10:08:40 AM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: samtheman
It doesn't take long for the Catholic bigots to show their faces on FR even when the Pope does the right thing. Sheesh!!

And you wonder why Christianity is attacked when we eat our own.

Did it ever occur to any of you that the Pope has never changed his position on gays, but that the media and secularist were just wishcasting?!

Wake up, folks.

And for the record, the rate of homosexuality, adultery and pederasty is higher among other Chrisitian denominations.

Let's change the tone, acknowledge good decisions where we can, and pray for one another instead of taking cheap shorts at one another.

I

22 posted on 04/11/2015 10:20:33 AM PDT by CWW (Pray for God's Protection!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 21 | View Replies]

To: CWW
Did it ever occur to any of you that the Pope has never changed his position on gays, but that the media and secularist were just wishcasting?!

Well said.
23 posted on 04/11/2015 10:25:51 AM PDT by Montana_Sam (Truth lives.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: CWW

You make some good points but let me ask you this: is the Pope repeatedly and often (or even at all) proclaiming “bloody murder” at the genocidal acts of Islam against Christians and Jews around the globe?

I don’t think he is. Please correct me if I’m wrong.


24 posted on 04/11/2015 10:30:01 AM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: Morpheus2009
I think most of the popes during the Avignon papacy in the 1300s were French (Avignon is geographically in France, but at that time was papal property, not part of the Kingdom of France). Then during the Great Western Schism, one line of popes resided in Avignon.

Of course there is no reason why a Frenchman could not be a good pope.

25 posted on 04/11/2015 10:30:18 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: Caipirabob
But...but would he bake him a cake?!?

Since it's Italy, the real question is would he bake him a pizza.

26 posted on 04/11/2015 10:48:15 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: Verginius Rufus

Indeed


27 posted on 04/11/2015 10:54:11 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: Verginius Rufus
Of course there is no reason why a Frenchman could not be a good pope.

The only French cardinal I can see being a decent pope would be Philippe Barbarin, assuming he can recover completely from his heart operation, though whether the college of cardinals would pick him, assuming Francis were to either resign or die, is debatable.

28 posted on 04/11/2015 10:55:01 AM PDT by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 25 | View Replies]

To: CWW

Indeed they were wishcasting, like they usually are, then, after a while, it’s back to the same old contempt they have for not being what they wished for.


29 posted on 04/11/2015 10:55:39 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: samtheman; CWW
"Pope Francis" and killing of Christians

Google. About 2,220,000 results in 0.57 seconds.

30 posted on 04/11/2015 4:50:00 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Consciously suppressing my snark.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 24 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o
Addressing pilgrims and tourists in St. Peter's Square, Francis praised those who were "sensitizing public opinion about the persecution of Christians in the world."

While not suggesting any particular course of action, he urged "concrete participation and tangible help in defense and protection of our brothers and our sisters, who are persecuted, exiled, slain, beheaded, solely for being Christian."

-- Vatican City, April 6

I guess it's stronger wording than Lurch would use... but not by much.

Anyway, I'm underwhelmed. And I hope you realize the 2,220,000 results really doesn't mean all that much.

The fact is, he's not making it "his issue". And he's definitely not out there PROCLAIMING that what is going on is "bloody murder".

Imagine Winston Churchill alive today.

What would Churhill do? He would not let the complacency of the leftist media and the complacency of the leftist governments of the West stand.

Pope Francis is a major player in the game of leftist media and leftist policy-making in the West today. His statements on the ongoing bloody mass murders of Christians seem pro-forma to me. Not anything he's really all that excited about.

31 posted on 04/11/2015 5:37:30 PM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o
And BTW, in my original post I mentioned Christians AND Jews.

Google the same thing about Pope and Israelis. This is the top hit:

Pope Francis’s unfriendly visit

This story IS right in line with Lurch.

The Pope doesn't ask "what would Churchill do", but he does seem to ask, "what would Kerry do".

32 posted on 04/11/2015 5:43:22 PM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 30 | View Replies]

To: samtheman
I dunno. He spoke out very strongly in his public liturgies on Palm Sunday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, to the press in a separate interview, and again at the Divine Mercy Vespers 8 hours ago.

That's 6 times in a week.

Didn't see that on the news? Imagine my surprise.

I share the frustration, but it's certainly a head-scratcher when people who don't think the Pope's infallible expect him to be omnipotent.

And that Jerusalem Post #1 hit? 5/27/2014. That's some algorithm Google has, there.

33 posted on 04/11/2015 5:55:44 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God." Liturgy of St.John)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o

I don’t expect him to be omnipotent. I don’t expect him to be anything. But I do believe that he is showing great weakness of spirit in a time of great evil. He’s just another bureaucrat in a world of weak-willed bureaucrats. He fits right in. Which is fine, I guess. The church is a huge institution and there are thousands of daily bureaucratic issues. I’m sure the Pope is a fine manager. I bet he gets along well with his subordinates.


34 posted on 04/11/2015 6:31:51 PM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: samtheman

We have different perspectives.


35 posted on 04/11/2015 6:35:36 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Let us commend ourselves and each other, and all our life unto Christ our God." Liturgy of St.John)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 34 | View Replies]

To: Mrs. Don-o

Yes, we do.


36 posted on 04/11/2015 6:36:39 PM PDT by samtheman
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 35 | View Replies]

To: NRx

I’ll ask the same question here that I asked in a similar thread: How do we know that the reason why he was rejected was because he was gay? So far there have been no official statements: the rejection is a rejection because there has been no acceptance.


37 posted on 04/12/2015 5:36:51 AM PDT by piusv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: piusv

Because there is no other plausible explanation. Rejecting an ambassador is a pretty serious act in the diplomatic world. It is not done because you don’t like his haircut or the color of his tie. Beyond which there have been plenty of leaks from “highly placed Vatican officials” that leave no doubt whatever as to the reason.


38 posted on 04/12/2015 5:55:19 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]

To: NRx

What “highly placed Vatican officials”?

Sorry, if that same answer was given to certain other Catholics on here about something the pope said that was not seen as a positive thing for him, they would question the source.

In my mind, there could be another explanation. I’m not up on Vatican rejections of ambassadors, but perhaps there were other reasons in the past that could apply here.


39 posted on 04/12/2015 6:57:38 AM PDT by piusv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]

To: NRx

And another thing. If this rejection was because the man is openly gay, why not state it? Let’s stop pussy footing around and speak boldly. That is if the Catholic Faith is what is most important.


40 posted on 04/12/2015 7:04:10 AM PDT by piusv
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 38 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-45 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Religion
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson