{"id":1743437,"date":"2022-11-18T08:17:29","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743437"},"modified":"2022-11-18T08:17:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:17:34","slug":"pope-franciss-tacit-support-for-gay-marriage-subverts-scripture-to-please-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-franciss-tacit-support-for-gay-marriage-subverts-scripture-to-please-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis\u2019s Tacit Support For Gay Marriage Subverts Scripture To Please The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpope-franciss-tacit-support-for-gay-marriage-subverts-scripture-to-please-the-world%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1743437&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>When Belgium\u2019s Catholic bishops meet him for their required visit on Nov. 21-26, Pope Francis will have the chance to either reaffirm or negate Catholic doctrine concerning one of civilization\u2019s most contentious issues: same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Flemish bishops in September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/belgian-bishops-signal-approval-of-same-sex-blessings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">published<\/a> a proposed liturgy for same-sex couples. Belgium\u2019s French-speaking bishops said afterward they would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathobel.be\/2022\/09\/leglise-flamande-cree-des-points-de-rencontre-homosexualite-et-foi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">consider<\/a> something similar.<\/p>\n<p>But such liturgies could lead to sacramental recognition of same-sex marriage. That would mark a pivotal, perhaps irrevocable, theological and moral shift, especially when secular authorities increasingly support exposing children to LGBT sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>For centuries, the Catholic Church taught that same-sex marriage was sacramentally invalid. The catechism <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vatican.va\/archive\/ENG0015\/__P85.HTM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defines<\/a> homosexual sex as \u201cacts of grave depravity\u201d and \u201cintrinsically disordered\u201d and urges homosexuals to practice chastity.<\/p>\n<p>The catechism reflects biblical teaching. Leviticus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/verse\/en\/Leviticus%2018:22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">included<\/a> homosexuality alongside other sexual behaviors considered \u201cdetestable.\u201d In the New Testament, Jesus <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Matthew+19%3A4-5&#038;version=NABRE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">defined<\/a> marriage as a union between one man and one woman. St. Paul, a former Pharisee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Romans+1&#038;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> homosexual acts as \u201cshameful\u201d and practicing homosexuals as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1+Corinthians+6%3A+9-11&#038;version=NLT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unable<\/a> to \u201cinherit the Kingdom of God.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, responding to a similar challenge from Germany\u2019s bishops, the Vatican\u2019s leading theological body, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pillarcatholic.com\/nicht-nicht-vatican-responds-to-german\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared<\/a> that the church had no authority to bless same-sex unions. The congregation\u2019s written <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/it\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2021\/03\/15\/0157\/00330.html#ing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">response<\/a> pointedly mentioned that Francis himself approved the decision and its publication.<\/p>\n<p>Years before that decision, Francis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/pope-natural-marriage-is-threatened-by-gender-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reiterated<\/a> Catholic teaching on marriage. He even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/pope-francis-condemns-gender-theory-a-third-time-the-family-is-under-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">described<\/a> gender theory as \u201cideological colonization.\u201d But the Belgian bishops cited Francis as their inspiration.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting from Francis\u2019 \u201cAmoris Laetitia,\u201d which addresses family love, the bishops <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cathobel.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/20220920-PB-Aanspreekpunt-Bijlage-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">expressed<\/a> their goal to use the \u201cdiscernment, guidance and integration\u201d he advocates to \u201cgive a concrete response and fulfillment to the desire to give explicit attention to the situation of homosexual persons, their parents, and families in their policy making.\u201d The bishops concluded with a proposed \u201cprayer for love and loyalty.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though Francis defends traditional marriage in words, his actions reveal an apathetic tolerance for LGBT advocacy and behavior. That apathy extends to his appointments.<\/p>\n<p>One is Cardinal Vincenzo Paglia, who, as I noted in these pages in <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/catholic-church-leaders-are-prioritizing-environmentalism-over-unborn-lives\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">September<\/a>, has a concerning tolerance for abortion. Francis named him in 2016 to be president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, which Pope John Paul II founded to combat abortion. But before moving to the Vatican, Paglia showed a penchant for homosexuality.<\/p>\n<p>While archbishop of a small diocese north of Rome, Paglia commissioned for his cathedral a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/leading-vatican-archbishop-featured-in-homoerotic-painting-he-commissioned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">painting<\/a> dominated by homoerotic images. It includes a scene showing the semi-nude archbishop, wearing his skullcap, embracing a semi-nude male.<\/p>\n<p>Paglia and another priest supervised every aspect of the work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was no detail that was done freely, at random,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=CmdX89lmQOQ&#038;t=3s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> the artist, Ricardo Cinalli. \u201cEverything was analyzed. Everything was discussed. They never allowed me to work on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>From 2012-2016, Paglia was president of the Pontifical Council for the Family. In that role, he released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.educazioneaffettiva.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sex-education course<\/a> for teens that Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/opinion\/exclusive-the-new-threat-to-catholic-youth-the-meeting-point\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> \u201cthe most dangerous threat to Catholic youth that I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Given the contrast between Francis\u2019s rhetoric and behavior, the Catholic Church risks jettisoning centuries of teaching for post-modernist fashion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1231,"featured_media":1743440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1743437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1231"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1743437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1743437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1743440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1743437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1743437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1743437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}