Posted on 04/06/2022 6:20:04 PM PDT by marshmallow
A Jesuit-run middle school in Massachusetts could lose its Catholic designation if it ignores the local bishop’s call to stop flying Black Lives Matter and gay pride rainbow flags outside its building.
The Nativity School of Worcester, in Worcester, Massachusetts, has been displaying the flags for more than a year, the Boston Globe has reported, but Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester only recently learned about them, a diocesan spokesman told CNA Monday.
The middle school, which is privately run and not part of the diocesan school system, has a predominantly African-American and Latino student body. Students attend the school tuition-free.
In a statement issued April 3, McManus expressed concerns that the flags could lead to confusion about the Catholic Church’s teaching on civil authority and gay marriage.
While noting that “symbols can mean different things to different people,” McManus said that “as the Bishop of this diocese, I must teach that it is imperative that a Catholic School use imagery and symbols which are reflective of that school’s values and principles so as to be clear with young people who are being spiritually and morally formed for the future.”
“While our role in a school is not to convert those who are not Catholic, nor is it our role to deny our Catholic identity,” he added.
“While the Catholic Church joins with our nation in teaching that all lives are equal before God and the law and that all lives demand our respect regardless of race, gender or ethnicity, the flag with the emblem Black Lives Matter has at times been co-opted by some factions which also instill broad-brush distrust of police and those entrusted with enforcing our laws.
“We do not teach that in our schools,” McManus said.
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Omg! The demons will be screaming. So sad
They could burn those flags, but that would unfortunately be considered a hate crime.
My thoughts too.
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Ask the Proud Boys.
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Those flags been flying
for a Year!
Many of the jesuits I have met are homosexuals.
My Franciscan-run private school until now, does not teach faggotry nor anti-white garbage in their curriculum. There’s a reason why there is a 5-year waiting list and you have to pass the parents interview test first, which is a subtle screen test to see if the parents are a bunch of leftards. If they are, the kid is not accepted.
Good for Bishop Robert McManus — it’s about time!
Thank you Bishop Robert McManus.
God bless and protect you. Amen.
“The Remnant”. Good luck in the land of Sodom.
Enemy flags.
SO MUCH BULLSH*T IN THE ARTICLE
Jesuits are ruining the Catholic Church. All leftwing LGTB crap comes from them.
BULLSH*T. He knew long before but donors are now threatening to hold back money. Its the only thing that makes these spineless folk act.
Students attend the school tuition-free.
Money spent educating non Catholics over Catholics is misappropriation of funds.
Its our mission to convert you moron.
Translation: Bishop Asks Catholic Middle School to ACTUALLY behave like a Catholic Middle School.
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