It looks like he “judged” after all! (Pope Francis ‘refuses’ gay French ambassador)

WDTPRS ^ | April 10, 2015 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

[NYer]

The MSM took what the Pope said on the airplane (about a homosexual who is trying to live a holy life), that is, “Who am I to judge?” and ran with only half the story, giving the impression that Pope Francis approved of some way of homosexual acts.

Wrong.  HERE

This Pope is not a liberal when it comes to doctrine.  He doesn’t think that homosexual sex is okay.

I have been saying for a couple years now that when liberals figure that out, they will turn on Francis.

I read this today at the Telegraph:

Pope Francis ‘refuses’ gay French ambassador

Pope Francis’ reputation as liberal takes a knock over reports that he rejected the nomination of a new French ambassador to the Vatican on the grounds that he was a homosexual

Pope Francis has reportedly barred the nomination of a close aide of President Francois Hollande as new French ambassador to the Vatican because he is gay.
The apparent rejection calls into question the pope’s reputation as holding more liberal views on homosexuality.
Laurent Stefanini, 54, a senior diplomat and Mr Hollande’s chief of protocol, was nominated in early January but the Vatican has maintained a stony silence over whether it accepts his credentials, officials in Paris said.
The usual time frame for their acceptance is a month and a half. After that, a prolonged silence after a nomination is normally interpreted as a rejection.
The Elysee said that the choice of Mr Stefanini to represent France at the Vatican resulted from “a wish by the president and a cabinet decision” and that the president regarded him as “one of our best diplomats.”
French media widely reported that Mr Stefanini has been blackballed due to his homosexuality.
Le Journal du Dimanche quoted a Vatican insider as saying that the rejection was “a decision taken by the pope himself.”
Liberation, the left-leaning daily, said that “the Vatican’s homophobia seriously tarnishes Pope Francis’ image as being (slightly) more open-minded that his predecessors on sexuality“.
France in 2007 nominated a gay ambassador to the Vatican who had a partner recognised under French law but the Holy See never responded to the nomination, despite lengthy attempts to secure him the post.

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Read the rest there.

So, now we must wait to see if writers over at the Fishwrap (aka National S_______ Reporter) denounce Pope Francis as a homophobe.

C’mon Fishwrap! You know you want to!

Hey!  Maybe Michael Sean Winters can find a way to blame Card. Burke!

[Heart-Rest]

"I can almost hear the new buzzword now

Abominationophobe...."
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:-)

You should add that one to this "phobia list"!

[MeshugeMikey]

I wish that they were taking new entries!! I sense it would be a hit!!

[NKP_Vet]

“Pope said, “Who am I to judge?”

Can you please post the rest of the Pope’s statement and not just cherry pick those five words.

[GreyFriar]

Now, will he, I hope, be consistent and refuse to accept Obama’s homosexual ambassador to the Holy See?

[dila813]

Read it carefully, they assume, the Vatican is more complex than most of the world’s governments.

Everything isn’t done by one guy.

[mware]

If I recall correctly, when Obama became President they went through a number of nominees before one was accepted by the Holy See

[Fedora]

"The reference, “Judge not, that ye be not judged”, was a specific admonition to the hypocritical Pharisees.

Actually, Matthew 7:1-5 is not addressed to the Pharisees, but to Jesus' disciples. Go back and read the introduction to the Sermon that started at 5:1-2 for context to see who He's talking to there. Also read 5:20. 7:1-5 is also using "judging" in a different sense than John 7:24, which is talking about judging the truth, whereas Matthew 7 is talking about passing sentence in the sense of sitting in God's seat. James 4:11-12 also forbids Christians from judging in the latter sense.