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  • Welcoming Those Who “Prefer” Fornication to Marriage [Catholic Caucus]

    02/27/2017 8:24:36 AM PST · by ebb tide · 7 replies
    Liturgy Guy ^ | February 26, 2017 | Brian Williams
    Jesuit Fr. Antonio Spadaro, editor of La Civilta Cattolica and close confidant of Pope Francis, was quick to Tweet today (see below) the latest insult to the Sacrament of Marriage: “The welcoming of those young people who prefer to live together without getting married…” Now it would seem that Rome is extending de facto recognition of cohabitation as simply a matter of preference (sin’s such an ugly word after all) and by no means something requiring (immediate) correction. Apparently fornication doesn’t quite carry the stigma or baggage that it once did. Consider the words of St. Paul, that rigid apostle...