{"id":2054397,"date":"2023-10-03T19:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T23:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-notoriously-liberal-pope-francis-just-ok-some-homosexual-unions\/"},"modified":"2023-10-03T20:00:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T00:00:26","slug":"did-notoriously-liberal-pope-francis-just-ok-some-homosexual-unions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-notoriously-liberal-pope-francis-just-ok-some-homosexual-unions\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Pope Francis Approve Homosexual Unions?"},"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\">12<\/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%2Fdid-notoriously-liberal-pope-francis-just-ok-some-homosexual-unions%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=2054397&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--><blockquote>\n<h2>Did Notoriously Liberal\u200c Pope Francis Just OK Some Homosexual Unions?<\/h2>\n<p>Critics are lambasting Pope Francis, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-notoriously-liberal-pope-francis-just-ok-some-homosexual-unions\/\" title=\"Did Pope Francis Approve Homosexual Unions?\">notoriously left-wing leader<\/a> of the Catholic\u2064 Church, for seeming to have opened \u200bthe door to legitimizing gay marriages in the church by\u200b suggesting that same-sex \u2063unions could receive \u201cblessings\u201d \u2064from\u2062 church officials.<\/p>\n<p>The pontiff, who has been \u2064accused of being an extreme \u2062liberal, was responding\u2064 in\u200c his July 11\u200c letter to questions from five cardinals, \u200bin which\u200c he seemed to send mixed signals \u2062about \u2062gay unions.<\/p>\n<p>The five cardinals from Asia, Europe, Africa, the United States, and Latin America,\u200c sought\u2062 to have the pope clarify the church\u2019s\u2064 stance \u200con the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In the letter released on\u2062 Monday, Francis reiterated that \u201cGod cannot\u2064 bless sin,\u201d \u2064which would seem to be the traditional stance in opposition to \u2063homosexuality, \u2064which the\u2064 church has\u2064 always \u2062deemed as sinful. But he then went \u200con to offer a\u200c caveat that has alarmed conservative Catholics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot\u200d be judges who only deny, reject, and exclude,\u201d Francis said in the letter that seemed to be an about-face from a \u200c2021 letter in which\u2063 he said the church\u200c \u201ccannot bless \u2064sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis wrote that the church has a \u201cvery clear conception of \u200dmarriage: an exclusive, stable\u200d and indissoluble \u200bunion between a man and a woman, naturally open to begetting children,\u201d the Washington Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>But \u200bhe then contradicted that stance to a\u200d degree.<\/p>\n<p>Francis \u2064insisted that there may be a way to bless people who \u2063are\u2062 not exactly living a life in keeping \u200dwith Vatican policy.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote that there may be \u201cforms of blessing, requested by one or more persons\u201d that could be \u200cgranted on occasion, NBC News \u200creported.<\/p>\n<p>Francis asked the clergy to show \u201cpastoral \u2062charity,\u201d \u200bas well as \u201ckindness,\u200b patience, understanding, tenderness, \u200cand encouragement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPastoral prudence must adequately discern whether there are\u200b forms of blessing, requested by one or several people, that do not transmit a wrong conception \u2064of marriage,\u201d Francis continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you ask for a\u2063 blessing, you are\u200c expressing a request for help from God, a\u2062 prayer\u200b to be able to live better, a\u2062 trust\u200c in a Father who can \u200chelp\u200d us live better.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then quixotically noted that \u2063blessing such unions \u201cdo not \u200bconvey a \u200dmistaken concept of marriage\u201d and insisted that such\u200d blessing \u201cshould not necessarily \u200bbecome a norm.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope did not exactly explain how \u200dthe \u2064church can bless such unions yet \u200bstill not\u2062 be legitimizing them and opposing at \u2062the same time.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2063 cardinals who wrote \u2064the initial letter asking for guidance \u2014 all of whom are considered conservative \u2062leaders \u2014 include Walter Brandmueller of Germany, Raymond\u2064 Burke of the United States, Juan Sandoval of Mexico, Robert Sarah of Guinea, Joseph Zen, the retired archbishop of Hong Kong.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, \u200dgay activists \u200dcelebrated the pope\u2019s response to the \u2062five church leaders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThough the Vatican\u2019s latest statement about same-gender\u200b couples does not provide\u200c a full-fledged, ringing endorsement of blessing their\u2064 unions, the document significantly advances Pope Francis\u2019 \u200dwork to include and affirm \u200cLGBTQ+ people,\u201d said Francis DeBernardo, executive director of LGBT activist New Ways \u200dMinistry.<\/p>\n<p>DeBernardoo added that the pope\u2019s words imply \u201cthat the church does indeed recognize\u200b that holy love\u2063 can \u2062exist between same-gender couples,\u201d he said, \u2064adding that it could be \u201cone big straw towards breaking\u2064 the camel\u2019s \u200cback \u200bof the marginalized treatment LGBTQ+ people experience in the Church.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of the Catholic LGBT organization DignityUSA,\u2063 was\u2062 also thrilled with the pope\u2019s statements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnything that shows that our\u2063 church recognizes the sacredness \u200cthat exists \u2063in love between members of\u200d same-sex couples is \u200ba \u200btremendous\u200d step forward,\u201d Duddy-Burke told the Washington Times. \u2062\u201cAnd [it] will give\u2063 LGBTQ people and families\u200d lots of reasons to rejoice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But others were alarmed by the \u2064pope\u2019s apparent nod to legitimizing gays in the church.<\/p>\n<p>Frank Pavone, president of Priests for Life,\u2064 blasted Francis for mincing \u2062around on \u201ctechnicalities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u200b people \u2062come\u2062 away\u200c from us, there should not be question marks in their \u2063minds and hearts \u200dabout \u200cwhat the faith means, but rather \u200bexclamation points in their \u2063minds leading them to live and proclaim it,\u201d Pavone said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Pope\u2063 Francis and his theologians want to\u2063 \u2018study\u2019 or say \u2063is not my \u200cresponsibility,\u201d he added. \u201cHowever, I will fulfill my responsibility, just as \u2063so many parents fulfill their\u200d responsibilities as they pass on the faith to their children, to clearly uphold the Gospel of Christ without confusion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Francis has already earned condemnation in 2020 for \u2062supporting secular government\u200d action towards legalizing same-sex\u2062 unions, when he said, \u201cHomosexuals have\u2063 a right\u2063 to be a part of \u200cthe family. They\u2019re children of God and have a right to a family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope was also blasted\u200d this year for saying\u200d secular laws outlawing homosexuality are \u201cunjust.\u201d He \u2063added that \u201cBeing homosexual isn\u2019t a crime,\u201d\u2064 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/google-speech-code-youtube-ceo-susan-wojcicki-calls-on-governments-to-censor-the-internet\/\" title=\"Google Speech Code: YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Calls on Governments to Censor the Internet\">urged world governments<\/a> to embrace the LGBT\u2064 agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Francis also claimed that church leaders who oppose homosexuality \u2064need\u200b to \u201chave a process of \u200bconversion\u201d to accept gays and apply \u201ctenderness, please, as God has for each one of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The pope has done everything he can to ease criticism and opposition for gays among\u2063 church leaders, even as he still claims the church opposes\u200b homosexuality as a \u201csin.\u201d With \u2062the letter written by the five <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pope-francis-hints-openness-to-blessing-same-sex-couples\/\" title=\"Pope Francis suggests considering blessings for same-sex couples.\">conservative\u200b cardinals<\/a>, he had the opportunity \u200dto directly reaffirm the church\u2019s stance against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/were-coming-for-your-children-historic-gay-mens-choir-sings-in-viral-video\/\" title=\"\u2018We\u2019re Coming For Your Children\u2019: Historic Gay Men\u2019s Choir Sings In Viral Video\">gay agenda<\/a>. 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But we can&#8217;t do it without your support. \u2064If you\u2063 value \u2063the work we do, \u2063please consider making \u200ca donation. Your\u2063 financial contribution helps\u2063 us continue to deliver quality journalism\u2062 that is free and accessible \u200cto all. Thank you\u200d for\u200d being a loyal\u2064 reader of The\u200c\u2064 Western Journal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The Pope&#8217;s Stance\u2063 on Homosexual \u200dUnions \u2063Sparks Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>In recent weeks, Pope Francis has\u200b found himself at the center of a\u200b heated debate regarding his stance on homosexual unions. Critics argue that the pontiff&#8217;s remarks in a July 11\u200c letter open the door to legitimizing gay marriages within the Catholic\u2064 Church by suggesting that same-sex \u2063unions could be blessed by church officials. \u2062This\u200d has sparked concern among\u200c conservative\u200b Catholics who \u200bsee it\u200b as\u2062 a departure from the \u2064traditional teachings of the church.<\/p>\n<p>The letter was a response\u200c to questions from five\u200c cardinals representing \u2064different \u200bregions of\u200d the world. Their \u200baim \u200dwas to seek \u200cclarification on the church&#8217;s position regarding \u200chomosexual unions. In his response, Pope Francis\u200c acknowledged the\u200c church&#8217;s clear conception of marriage as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Critics slam Pope Francis, the left-leaning Catholic Church leader, for potentially endorsing gay marriages. 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