Posted on 04/18/2026 1:14:23 PM PDT by ebb tide
Edited on 04/18/2026 1:26:35 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
On April 16, during the visit of Pope Leo XIV to Bamenda, Cameroon, Fon Fru Asaah Angwafor IV, the tribal leader of the Mankon community, spoke about polygamy. He made the remarks during an interreligious peace meeting in the cathedral.
He is the hereditary "king" of the Mankon people and rules over culture and spiritual tradition. He presides over pagan rites, such as important funerals and ancestral ceremonies. During these events, he wears ceremonial attire alongside elders. He also identifies as 'Catholic'.
In his speech at the cathedral, the tribal leader stated that 'some cultural practices continue to pose challenges' and cited polygamy as an example.
He expressed gratitude that, within the framework of the 2023 and 2024 Synod, African bishops had been tasked with conducting a study on polygamy and its place in the life of the Church.
The tribal chief went on to say that adulterers in polygamous relationships should be able to fully integrate into the Church without being 'judged or rejected'.
Leo XIV did not respond.
However, some of the faithful in attendance reacted with boos.
Ping
Compared to Trump, this man deserves at least beatification.
(please don’t tell me I have to /s this)
There was a reason the old days when even Obama said a marriage should only be recognized between one man and one woman. The clumsy wording eliminate several partner “marriages”, gay “marriages” and one involving bestiality.
So called “fourmarriage” was a minor trend in the hippie era.
I remember a touring large bus with the leader of a polygamy hippie group making speeches at college campuses.
Stephen Gaskin——
Stephen Gaskin, a prominent figure in the counterculture movement of the late 1960s, recommended a “fourmarriage” model, which involved a formal, communal marriage of two men and two women. Gaskin advocated for this structure to enhance emotional connection, eliminate egotism through group interaction, and provide a more stable, supportive, and non-possessive family unit compared to traditional, often dominant, two-person marriages.
Gaskin, who later founded The Farm community, advocated this in his “Monday Night Classes” in San Francisco during the late 1960s, just before setting out on a nationwide tour in 1970.
The fourmarriage aimed to eliminate possessiveness, ego-wounding, and domination in relationships through mutual criticism and shared intimacy.
Died in 2014. Wikipedia and Dokumen.pub
I am glad I have never had a church service that remotely could have been like this one.
It’s not a church.
If you read the bible, polygamy is OK. See David, gggggrandfather of Jesus.
The stupid common man knows to boo. The smarty hierarchy knods in silence.
We need more common sense above our pay grade.
**Gaskin, who later founded The Farm community...**
Would that be the same ‘Farm’ that is located just outside of Summertown, TN, (approx. 70 miles SSE of the Nash metro)?
It sounds like the same place. Sat views show there are still some old school buses in the woods, which they lived in back in the day.
Oops, SSW, not SSE.
Yes, according to his bio.
Probably inspired CSI:New Orleans Season 6, Ep.9 “Convicted” and other episodes of hypnotic cult leaders. Every geeky guy
in a TV show with his Adam’s Apple bobbing up and down as he holds an automatic weapon on hostages at the cult headquarters owes something to creeps like him.
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