Posted on 01/31/2016 9:23:32 AM PST by ebb tide
The "Cirinna Bill" being debated in the Italian Parliament to allow "same-sex unions" in that central nation of Catholicism managed to bring Catholics from all over Italy to Rome this Saturday.
The image from the Circo Massimo is unmistakable: on this "Family Day", a huge multitude of Italian families (including many friends of this blog) gathered to protest the government's support of the counternatural bill.
Cardinal Bagnasco, the President of the Italian Bishops' Conference, despite the clear lack of support from Pope Francis, kept his support for the event. Some Cardinals, including Cardinal Sarah, showed their support. But the Pope himself kept his silence, resented by millions of Italian Catholics who simply cannot understand why a Pontiff who talks about everything chose not to explicitly support the event (earlier in the day, the first Jubilee general audience attracted a much smaller number of people to St. Peter's square). Here is our support to good Italian Catholics: go on, march on, even if the Vatican is not clear, God is, and He will reward your efforts!
P.S. An influential Italian Catholic leader present at the massive rally tells us the mood: "An ecstatic and defiant crowd at #familyday2016! However, never since the Rennissance have Italian Catholics despised a Pope more than Pope Francis. Those present here are the backbone of Italian Catholicism, and they cannot believe the Pope abandoned them to the secular lions in Parliament, abandoned the few faithful bishops and did not even say a single word at his Jubilee General Audience today. Yet, they are not angry at Francis, it's more a mix of deep disdain and a strong sentiment of Fremdscham, as the Germans say."
Violation of privacy.
In other words, the Pope does not hold himself out as an expert on the oath of office taken by Kentucky county clerks, or Kentucky statutory and Constitutional law.
Isn't it fascinating how the tone of a statement will change, depending on which parts you chose to highlight?
Silly response. Nobody was in a confessional. So the homos can talk about the meetings; but the Pope can’t?
Your use of quotation marks is interesting. You make it look like you're quoting Lombardi, but actually you are quoting yourself.
Enough. Goodbye now.
Please respect my wishes to discontinue this conversation. Thanks in advance.
But he’s an expert on “global warming” and socialism and addresses Congress and the U.N. on those very matters of faith and morals?
"Get real; over 98 percent of the humans are straight."
Annulments have nothing to do with your stated opinion about the percentage of gay "humans."
Your accusation is not true. I was paraphrasing the Bible.
“But because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold, not hot, I will begin to vomit thee out of my mouth.” Apocalypse; Chapter 3.
It does when one is talking about historical statistics (which can and do change).
I thought you were done with me.
>>Annulments have nothing to do with your stated opinion about the percentage of gay “humans.<<
Why did you thank me for my correction and rephrase your post?
>>Mrs. Don-o to ebb tide
Very true, ebb tide. I will amend my statement:
“I don’t think we should try to isolate homosexual vice as a somehow unique kind of wickedness, nor minimize the abomination of all these other sins.
“I suspect 98% of us do that because we are not personally tempted by homosexual vice, but are tempted by many of the others.”
Thank you for that improvement.<<
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