Posted on 06/03/2021 2:03:52 PM PDT by ebb tide
Rev. James Martin, SJ—popularly known as Father Jim—was asked to serve as special advisor to Pope Francis to help communicate to the English-speaking world. Some Vatican insiders say Father Jim has been a conduit to help communicate what Pope Francis really wants to say outside of the constraints of the Catholic cardinals and archbishops who run the Vatican.
Father Jim, a popular pro-LGBT author and editor of America magazine, has been disinvited by Catholic bishops and universities who oppose his preaching of tolerance and acceptance.
In a June 2 social media video, Father Jim said it was okay for Catholics and Christians to celebrate Pride month as it promotes dignity, not vanity.
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At issue are Catholics and Christians who argue 'pride' is one of the seven deadly sins in the Bible.
“Remember that there are two definitions of 'pride,'” the Jesuit cleric says.
“The first is satisfaction that comes from your own accomplishments, which can morph into vanity—which is bad.”
“But the second kind of 'pride' is a consciousness of your own dignity,” Father Jim argues. “And that's closer to what Pride month represents: a celebration of the human dignity of a group of people who have for so long treated like dirt.”
“And for the religious person, it is a celebration of them as 'beloved children of God.'”
Father Jim noted religion's place in history as oppressor of LGBT persons.
“It's especially important for churches to celebrate Pride since a great deal of the rejection and even violence that the LGBT community has faced has been motivated by religion, or at least what people think religion teaches.”
“It's more about supporting the fundamental human rights of this community, the right to live in safety, the right to be treated as equals, the right to be fully welcomed into society.
Father Jim admonishes those conservatives who use the word 'pride' against LGBT persons.
“Complaints about the use of the word 'pride' don't seem to happen in other situations. People say, 'I'm proud to be Catholic,' or 'I'm proud to be American,' and no one objects to it or says that it's vanity.”
Catholic University of America's Theological College in Washington, D.C. was forced by 'moral' conservative protestors to disinvite Father Jim in 2017—as he was promoting his book, Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and Sensitivity.
Despite that, Father Jim was invited by Cardinal Blasé Cupich, archbishop of Chicago, on May 22 and 23 at Holy Name Cathedral.
Cupich was appointed by Pope Francis.
Another Francis-appointee, Cardinal Wilton Gregory, archbishop of Washington, D.C., then-archbishop of Atlanta, Ga., offered his support as a new edition was published in 2018.
“[Father Jim] has written a wonderful book that challenges the institutional church to be in dialogue with the LGBT community,” Gregory said at the time. “This has challenged a lot of people, because you don't want to build a bridge if you already think you're right. But this is where we have to go next.”
So did Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark, NJ—also a Francis—appointee.
“In too many parts of our church, LGBT people have been made to feel unwelcome, excluded, and even shamed,” he said.
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I do not know how any Catholic can look at Francis and call him their religious leader.
Pride is the greatest of the seven deadly sins.
I was thinking the same thing. This is literally one of the 7 deadly sins, but we’re supposed to celebrate it?
We don’t! We are losing our church and our country!
Romans 1:18-32 ... if you see the fruit of championing homosexuality in society know that the proverbial canary in the coal mine has already died and the probervial air is bad where the fruit is displayed.
Flee from fellowship with those claiming to be Christians who are displaying this fruit. They are bad trees.
so all leaders of the Catholic Church are coming out
GOD WILL NOT BE MOCKED.
This is a bogus wedge issue. All good Catholics understand the concept of Christian charity. Some poor Catholics don’t understand or are not willing to accept that part of charity which requires them to inform to those who stray from the faith exactly where they’ve gone wrong, that they must cease doing so and, together with confession, that they must sincerely repent of it. Father James Martin, S.J. has a way of confirming these poor Catholics in that way of thinking, hence the “wedge” drives those poor Catholics even farther from the One True Faith and from the rest of us with whom they are supposed to be in communion.
WTF is wrong with people who are "proud" of their sexuality? How can one be proud of something they were simply born with? It's not like anyone worked hard or sacrificed to become straight or gay. This "pride" BS is just nuts. I am "proud" that I plook women! I am "proud" that I eat corn the "long" way! GTFO
Pride AND lust — a twofer!
When is the Pope going to bring out the golden calf, so that we can worship that too ?
The faithful are wandering among the faithless and the zealots who believe that socialism is a religion.
Some of us feel like there is no catholic spiritual leadership that remains untainted.
Google "Norm MacDonald, gay pride."
Warning: Not for work, for children, or for the easily offended.
Catholics needs to wake up to the reality that the Church has been taken over by the left.
We saw the support for communism coming from the Church in Central and South America.
The US Catholic Church became home for gay pedophiles that were protected by other gay pedophiles for decades.
Now that global communism is on the cusp of victory over the forces of freedom, the Church can reveal itself as a long-time supporter of whatever the communist party leadership says they should support.
Our universities, media, entertainment and sports have all been indoctrinated and taken over by communism.....why shouldn’t the church?
I've heard that before: open borders, too, because we're good Samaritans.
I know a Father Jim who would vociferously disagree with this. Unfortunately the bishop in San Antonio forced him to retire.
THIS is straight pride month. Straight pride should be celebrated the same time the perverts parade their deviancy.
Barf alert indeed. Francis may be influenced by the pedophile priests the church harbors. Our local catholic uni, Gonzaga, has a home for defrocked pedo priests on the campus. I was going to a building on the campus for a 12-step meeting and almost walked into the wrong building....someone pulled me back just in time. I don’t think I had anything to worry about, cuz I’m a girl. Anyway,, stopped going to the campus for anything.
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