Posted on 06/17/2025 1:30:09 PM PDT by ebb tide
The bishop of Syracuse, New York, decried the removal of an LGBTQ “pride” flag from a parish in his diocese as “unfortunate.”
Over the night of June 6–7, an unidentified Catholic man ripped down a “pride” flag from All Saints Catholic Church in Syracuse, the parish website revealed.
During a subsequent, blasphemous “pride” Mass at the church, Pastor Father Fred Daley, who describes himself as a “gay priest,” quoted from a letter from the bishop of Syracuse, Douglas J. Lucia, in which the prelate condemned the flag’s removal and burning.
“I have learned of the unfortunate incident regarding the Pride flag,” Lucia wrote. “It certainly does not reflect the love and compassion that this month, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, wishes to promote.”
The Church teaches that true compassion does not mislead a soul into believing that grave sins such as homosexual acts are morally permissible, but instead promotes chastity – sexuality in accordance with God’s law – for the salvation of souls.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church declares that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered” and gravely evil and “under no circumstances can they be approved.” It also teaches that the homosexual inclination is “objectively disordered.”
According to Daley, the man who took down the sacrilegious flag anonymously emailed the parish, revealing that he is a recently converted Catholic and has burned the flag.
During the All Saints parish so-called “Pride Mass,” held on Trinity Sunday – also Father’s Day – Daley told the congregation they were celebrating “Pride Weekend.”
“The rainbow is a beautiful, beautiful symbol of God’s diversity – and we’re called to celebrate God’s diversity,” said Fr. Daley, blasphemously suggesting that homosexuality and “transgenderism” is willed by God.
He later welcomed “Mr. Kevin Noble Ward,” a gender-confused woman and member of a local Episcopal church, to deliver the homily and “share his [her] journey to the truth – his [her] truth.”
Ward, previously profiled in a Washington Post article promoting transgenderism, spoke at length during the homily about her decision to “transition from female to male” and her rejection of a previous denomination she described as “anti-LGBTQIA+.”
It is unclear whether Bishop Lucia knew about this “pride” Mass ahead of time, but Daley appears to have assumed his consent to it, especially given that he operates as “openly gay” under the leadership of Lucia.
LifeSiteNews has reached out to the bishop’s office for comment about the All Saints “pride” Mass, but has not heard back as of publishing.
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Another example as why I don’t subscribe to ANY organized religion. Although I love what Jesus was about.
If this hypocrisy continues in the Church, it will not end well for the Church. The Word of God is being transcended to fit personal emotions.
Imagine the horror of these “priests” when they discover there is no such place as pugatory and that being catholic doesn’t make you saved any more than being in a garage makes you a car...
Allowing openly gay priests and then when the molesting suits are filed, it’s always the people in the parishes that get handed the bill.
I think the Bishop needs to read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah again.
“Another example as why I don’t subscribe to ANY organized religion.”
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Many have their reasons, extremely few have an excuse, eh.
I guess this guy likes choir boys.
Bishop Douglas Lucia of Syracuse
“The Church teaches that true compassion does not mislead a soul into believing that grave sins such as homosexual acts are morally permissible, but instead promotes chastity – sexuality in accordance with God’s law – for the salvation of souls”. Bishop, Why did the Creator make a man and a woman?
Not sure of your point.
The Catholic Church has too many priests who break the rules. In fact, one is too many. This is because--human nature being what it is--the Church actually has rules to guide men to be better. Besides being obviously insane, the priest in this situation was utterly defying and breaking with the teaching of the Church, and appears to be having both a moral and a mental breakdown--and is not accurately representing the Church or its teaching. Except insofar as we are taught that human nature is fallen and weak, and that we must ask God to help us overcome the temptation to be sinners and fools.
This focus on the truth with no sugar-coating is one of the many things that give me confidence in the Catholic Church.
Someday you’ll see the truth. Everyone will.
Satan’s Army sponsors some “religious churches” so his disciples will have a place to spread their lies.
What a disgusting Bishop!
“Not sure of your point.”
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Well, as an analogy, consider a person who doesn’t get married, reasoning their parents got divorced. Their reason is they saw that marriage is meaningless and so they make no binding vows with their supposed life partner nor receiving the sacrament of Holy Matrimony.
Are they excused in the eyes of God? Will He forgive them for their sin although they adhere to it unrepentantly?
Or say, someone has committed murder via abortion and their reason is inconvenience, cost of a child, disability of the child, etc.
They have their reasons they use for justification. Do you think He would forgive them if they continue to be unrepentant about their sin while justifying in their own reprobate mind the killing of their child? They have only reason and no excuse.
To use the fact that some undeniably false prophets have infiltrated organized religion to justify the condemnation of organized religion in general is a reason and won’t be excused except in a few cases. God knows our hearts, and whether we actually worship Him or seek justifications for not worshipping Him.
Christian In Name Only
Over the night of June 6–7, an unidentified Catholic man ripped down a “pride” flag from All Saints Catholic Church in Syracuse,
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All Catholics need to be as brave as this man.
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