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Catholic leaders condemn Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex unions

by Lia Eustachewich

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Posted By: iSpartacus, 10/23/2020 2:34:21 PM

Pope Francis’ support for same-sex unions is being openly criticized by several Roman Catholic leaders in America — who say his recently revealed pro-gay remarks cause “confusion and error” and fly in the face of church teachings. Cardinal Raymond Burke, a frequent critic of Francis, said the pope’s comments should be “rightly interpreted as simple private opinions of the person who made them.” “Such declarations generate great bewilderment and cause confusion and error among Catholic faithful,” Burke, a member of the Vatican’s highest court, said in a statement Thursday on his website. He added that Francis’ views were contrary to Catholic teachings.

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Guess Catholics are not all in with the gay Pope

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Reply 1 - Posted by: moebellini3 10/23/2020 2:47:55 PM (No. 581981)
This man does not act like the Pope of the Catholic Church. Guess he forgot to read the Bible.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: lakerman1 10/23/2020 2:52:12 PM (No. 581986)
Do I understand this to mean that now priests may marry men/ But not marry women?? Pope Marxist I has outdone himself.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Namma 10/23/2020 3:03:25 PM (No. 581990)
As they should. The pope was speaking his own opinion. He was not speaking from the Chair. He was not presenting Dogma of the Church. But he NEVER should have said anything about a civil marriage. he was correct in saying they are still children of God. As we all are.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hershey 10/23/2020 3:06:59 PM (No. 581996)
I don't know anything about the Catholics, but isn't there some way for the leading body to kick this azzzhat out of a job? He has, over the span of time, proven himself to be in league with the one with the cloven hoofs...I'm reminded of the alien at the end of the movie 'Childhoods End'...
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Reply 5 - Posted by: StrikingViking 10/23/2020 3:10:32 PM (No. 581999)
Poster #2 makes an interesting point. Before the creation of legal entities called "corporations," all real property had to be titled in someone's name. Consequently, all church property was titled to the parish priest or some other prelate in the Catholic Church. Priests were forbidden to marry because their legal heirs would be entitled to the church property upon the priest's death. Now that corporations are the legal owners of the Church's property, the ban on marriage has lost its raison d'etre. But, inertia being the powerful force it is, the ban continues (except for married episcople priests who convert to Catholicism and certain 3rd World priests). But continuing the ban for a priest who wishes to marry a man seems to be taking the ban to an absurd length. How does "is the Pope Catholic" Francis justify this?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: bamapreacher 10/23/2020 3:15:24 PM (No. 582003)
A man and woman in love with each other who are not married but live together have always been considered as "living in sin," and it was condemned by the Catholic Church and moral society as a whole. Now, apparently two men in love with each other can live together and it isn't considered sinful by this pope although what's left of moral society still condemns it.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: P51DMustang 10/23/2020 3:23:01 PM (No. 582009)
He did not say anything of the sort, he referenced the Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357 (Chastity and homosexuality). Those paragraphs boil down to 1. Homosexuality is a trial by God, 2. Homosexuality is not to be acted on by those afflicted by this trail, 3. As Catholics we are to love the sinner but not the sin. Catholics need to read what the Pope said in context. Shame on all of you. Conservative Catholic from South Carolina.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: vwlarry 10/23/2020 3:23:06 PM (No. 582010)
Pope Phonus Balonus I
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Highlander 10/23/2020 3:46:52 PM (No. 582023)
I think if “Pope Francis” touches God’s Holy Word, it will burn his hand.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: mathman 10/23/2020 3:53:52 PM (No. 582029)
The remarks of His Holiness are none of their business. They should tend to their own Bishoprics and stay out of it. Pope Francis is the unquestioned Supreme Pontiff. As such, his views have a weighty authority over the Roman Catholic Church. Although not speaking ex cathedra, he is still authoritative. If he wants to make practicing homosexuals free from Government persecution, that is his right. After all, it is not the Scriptures which are authoritative. It is the Magisterium, the authority of the Church to teach. In cases where the Magisterium and Scriptures conflict, the Magisterium rules. Saint Peter was given the keys to the gate of Heaven, after all. And Francis is a successor of Peter. Just because the Magisterium is a proof text, a remark taken out of context, does not make it invalid. So what if he contradicts Canon Law? Francis is higher than Canon Law. He has God's ear, so to speak. It is the humanity of practicing homosexuals which is at issue here. Should you be punished if you follow your own inclinations? For that matter, should a thief or a murderer be subject to punishment? What about their humanity? Being homosexual is just a choice. And many Priests have made that choice. What is wrong with that? The mere question of hell fire is irrelevant here. What you bind on earth will be bound in Heaven, and what you loose on earth will be loosed in Heaven. So there. Just forget all that Last Judgment before the Bema stuff. That was all invented decades after the Crucifixion. God is love, and would not send ANYBODY to Hell. So stop fretting. Trust me. We spend a little time in Purgatory, then Mary lets us in. Riiight.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Eagle4ever 10/23/2020 3:59:00 PM (No. 582031)
Next, he'll come out in favor of abortion.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: Omen55 10/23/2020 4:13:56 PM (No. 582044)
The last pope.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: DVC 10/23/2020 5:13:07 PM (No. 582073)
Good that there are a few who have read the Bible. Clearly the man pretending to be pope has not, or discounts it entirely. A "pope" who doesn't believe in the Bible. Interesting, and not good.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: smokincol 10/23/2020 6:57:32 PM (No. 582150)
as a recovering catholic, I feel this baboon, who is the pope, is a total disgrace to the faith. though not that I care at all.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: udanja99 10/23/2020 7:07:10 PM (No. 582159)
#7 is correct about the church’s teachings on homosexuality but does he really think that two homosexuals want to form a civil union for the purpose of being chaste and not acting on their sexual impulses? Good luck with that. The pope is wrong and I am not ashamed of condemning him for his very unCatholic endorsement of a mortal sin. And I am also a conservative Catholic from South Carolina.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: BRDG 10/23/2020 7:10:06 PM (No. 582162)
Is the Pope Catholic?
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Reply 17 - Posted by: BeatleJeff 10/23/2020 7:29:33 PM (No. 582174)
Does the Vatican have a 25th Amendment?
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Reply 18 - Posted by: Yepper 10/23/2020 8:14:14 PM (No. 582199)
#7, The Pope's words regarding homosexuality can logically be understood as him condoning the behavior, as if it's not a sin. For example, “The church loves your children as they are because they are children of God.” God does NOT love sinners as they are. He loves us in SPITE of our sins, and expects us to recognize that some of the things we do AS sin. God has forgiven everyone, but forgiveness is not salvation. Salvation is reconciliation, and an everlasting union, with God. And not everyone has been, or will be, ultimately reconciled with Him, even though they have been forgiven.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: hotcorner 10/24/2020 6:32:47 AM (No. 582414)
Will the Church survive this politician as Pope? Obama selected this confused man.
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