Posted on 10/08/2025 1:59:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
Cardinal Joseph Zen has denounced the LGBT pilgrimage in the Vatican and joined the calls of other bishops to do reparation for the desecration of St. Peter’s Basilica.
In a Chinese-language statement published on Wednesday, Zen wrote: “Recently, news emerged that an LGBTQ+ organization arranged an event for the Holy Year, where participants entered St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome to pass through the Holy Door.”
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“They brandished rainbow-colored props, wore clothing bearing slogans, and same-sex couples held hands passionately—it was entirely a protest action,” the emeritus bishop of Hong Kong noted.
“This was not a Jubilee pilgrimage (where believers renew baptismal vows, repent sins, and commit to reform). Such actions gravely insult the Catholic faith and the dignity of St. Peter’s Basilica—a serious offense against God!”
“The Vatican knew of this event beforehand yet issued no condemnation afterward. We find this truly incomprehensible!”
Zen stressed that “those with same-sex attractions” should be treated with charity; however, “we cannot tell them their lifestyle is acceptable.”
“We are not God,” he continued. “God calls us to pass on what Jesus taught us—that is true love for them. We must help them obtain grace through prayer and the sacraments to resist temptation, live virtuously, and walk the path to heaven.”
Zen referenced the call for acts of reparation made by four bishops: Bishop Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop of Astana, Kazakhstan; Bishop Joseph Strickland, bishop emeritus of Tyler, Texas; Bishop Marian Eleganti, emeritus auxiliary bishop of Chur, Switzerland; and Bishop Robert Mutsaerts, auxiliary of ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.
He said that he strongly supports this call and suggested that after the Mid-Autumn Festival in China, the faithful should “gather with neighboring parishioners for three days to recite the attached prayers.”
“Additionally, perform an act of self-denial or a charitable deed to offer reparation before God for the sins of our erring brothers and sisters,” he concluded.
Cardinal Zen attached to his message the reparations prayer compiled by the four bishops and prayed at the Catholic Identity Conference last weekend.
The emeritus bishop of Hong Kong joins the list of orthodox prelates who have publicly condemned the “LGBT pilgrimage” in the Vatican. In addition to the four bishops who compiled the prayer of reparation, the event was also criticized by Cardinal Gerhard Müller, who stated that it was “undoubtedly” a sacrilege.
Ping
Pope on a Slippery slope
Walk with them to hell, or love them with the truth and bring some to heaven as God desires.
Pope is not helping gays eternally, spiritually. Fr Martin uses them to hide himself....not love either.
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