Posted on 09/27/2015 5:06:28 PM PDT by ebb tide
NEW YORK, September 26, 2015 (ChurchMilitant.com) - A scandal has erupted in the Big Apple after last night's Papal Mass at Madison Square Garden, where a famous open homosexual served as lector during Pope Francis' Mass.
Mo Rocca, an American comedian, actor and journalist, well known for his role on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and now a commentator for CBS, admitted his homosexuality during a podcast interview in 2011.
The then 42-year-old Rocca spoke of his joy at being in New York at the site of the Stonewall Riots, when gay "marriage" was passed in New York state, after two Knights of Columbus tipped the vote in the legislature.
Rocca said, "You gotta' be there for a piece of history like that. ... [It] was very memorable and emotional and a great place to be."
After publicly announcing his homosexuality and support for gay "marriage," because of his fame Rocca quickly skyrocketed in popularity among LGBT activist circles.
When Rocca appeared on live news feeds last night as the lector for the Papal Mass, Twitter blew up with scandalous praise as everyone saw this as the Church's — and specifically Pope Francis' — acceptance of homosexuality and gay marriage.
Before people jump to irrational conclusions, we must keep in mind that it is beyond improbable that Pope Francis even knew Mo Rocca's name let alone that he was a famous homosexual. After all, Pope Francis admitted in an interview that he gave up watching television in 1990 and he greatly struggles with the english language.
But among the people that would've known are first and foremost His Eminence, the cardinal archbishop of New York City, Timothy Dolan, who literally sat idly by as Rocca read the first reading with Pope Francis and dozens of cardinals and archbishops staring on.
The next biggest culprit would be Fr. Matthew Ernest, listed in the official program as the archdiocesan Director of Liturgy.
Liturgy directors are entirely responsible for the management of people, places and things during major archdiocesan events such as this.
Many questions and frustrations still remain as to why, out of all the Catholics in New York City, a famous, open homosexual was chosen?
At the end of the day, it is Cdl. Dolan who must take ultimate responsibility for approving the decision to have Rocca as lector, and for failing to vet those people who publicly appeared at the Mass alongside Pope Francis. Neither can Dolan claim ignorance, considering the celebrity status of Mo Rocca in New York and nationwide.
How involved were prelates of the USCCB in organizing the Papal Mass, and did they have a direct role in picking Rocca to publicly represent the Catholic faith in front of millions watching at home?
Whatever the truth of the matter may be, Rocca was not picked because he's a Spanish-speaking Catholic born of Colombian and Italian descent. He was chosen because of his open homosexuality and his support of gay "marriage" by revolutionaries within the archdiocese trying to push change to Church teaching. And Cdl. Dolan, as head of the archdiocese, is responsible for giving final approval.
He is one sick puppy!! So is Mo Rocca!!! Why am I just now hearing about him being a lector??? I would have thought this would have been exposed right after it happened!!
For years some of us lay people have known that the future of the Church was never in the hands of the corrupt (or outright evil) hierarchy; this is an absolute disgrace, among countless disgraces...
read for later when I’m not at work
I didn’t know Cardinal Dolan was that “liberal” .....
“famed” is the wrong word....”infamous” is more accurate....but honestly, I never heard of this “famed” homosexual and he is dead to me....
You Have Got To Be Kidding Me!
Pope Francis this is a DISGRACE! All Involve have Much Repenting to do!
UnBelievable!
Not only is Cardinal Dolan that "liberal" but he's jumped on the gay agenda bandwagon before:
"Cardinal Dolan leads NYC St. Patrick’s Parade as first-ever gay activist group joins"
I love Mo’s My Grandmother’s Ravioli on The Cooking Channel. I appreciate what he does with the show. When it comes to his personal life, which is also his spiritual life, I draw the line.
At 36 I’m old enough to remember when the mentally ill were properly supervised.
See, Comrade Pope can claim ignorance while his deceitful Comrade Cardinals carry the water for him. You’ll see the same thing with Comrade Pope decrying the lack of protection of life but Comrade Cardinals carrying the water for Agenda 21 world depopulation and abortion.
Hes famous? I never heard of him.
What is Knights of Columbus, some homosexualist org? They were the deciding votes huh?
And the Vatican's left him there in NY? WTF?!!!
You mean endorsement/acceptance by Dolan, not the Church.
Is homosexuality punishment for something else...
the person or persons did?
21 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ...
24 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 25 They exchanged the truth about God for a lie,and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised.Amen.
26 Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural sexual relations for unnatural ones. 27 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed shameful acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their error.
28 Furthermore, just as they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, so God gave them over to a depraved mind, so that they do what ought not to be done. 29 They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 31 they have no understanding, no fidelity, no love, no mercy. 32 Although they know God’s righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.
Romans 1:1-27-31 http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Romans+1%3A21-27&version=NIV
Did the sodomite get to take Communion?
This would never have been dared under Benedict. Can’t stand Cdl. Dolan. Unlike Archbishop Chaput who sat in the Popemobile allowing only Pope Francis to stand, he was standing all along the processional route as did Cardl. Wuerl. These grinning guys need to step down.
Probably explains why Benedict is no longer there.
This is just what the leftist media wants.
So according to "Church Militant", no one in the Vatican chain of command was aware of Rocca's reputation? Strains credulity.
Neither have I.
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