{"id":548207,"date":"2021-06-01T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548207"},"modified":"2021-06-01T13:21:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T17:21:04","slug":"u-s-embassy-to-the-vatican-flies-pride-flag-prompts-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-embassy-to-the-vatican-flies-pride-flag-prompts-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Embassy To The Vatican Flies Pride Flag, Prompts Backlash"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fu-s-embassy-to-the-vatican-flies-pride-flag-prompts-backlash%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=548207&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-520678824-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>On June 1, the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican in Rome flew the LBGTQ pride flag to celebrate \u201cPride Month,\u201d prompting backlash online on account of the Vatican and the Roman Catholic Church\u2019s positions on homosexuality.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3161512027491\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See celebrates <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PrideMonth?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PrideMonth<\/a> with the Pride flag on display during the month of June. The United States respects the dignity and equality of LGBTQI+ people. LGBTQI+ rights are human rights. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xentlnr16E\">pic.twitter.com\/Xentlnr16E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. in Holy See (@USinHolySee) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USinHolySee\/status\/1399720789721628676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The U.S. Embassy\u2019s decision was roundly criticized:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.956204379562\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A big \ud83d\udd95 to the Catholic Church from the United States government. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/q7IZF58XZ1\">https:\/\/t.co\/q7IZF58XZ1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EWErickson\/status\/1399741944889319432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.6859504132231\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do they have one up in Saudi Arabia and Pakistan? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A1foMgNRvG\">https:\/\/t.co\/A1foMgNRvG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Harsanyi (@davidharsanyi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/davidharsanyi\/status\/1399743167054893058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.197424892704\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. Embassies should limit themselves to flying the American flag, which unites ALL Americans.<\/p>\n<p>That is the only flag to which we ALL pledge allegiance. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sldXFI9mLu\">https:\/\/t.co\/sldXFI9mLu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thomas D. Williams, PhD (@tdwilliamsrome) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome\/status\/1399749065827622915?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 1, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In March, the Vatican <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-vatican-lgbt\/in-setback-for-gay-catholics-vatican-says-church-cannot-bless-same-sex-unions-idUSKBN2B71C3\">asserted<\/a> that priests could not bless same-sex unions and that any such blessings were invalid. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/press.vatican.va\/content\/salastampa\/en\/bollettino\/pubblico\/2021\/03\/15\/210315b.html\">Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith<\/a>, the Vatican stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"68\">\n<p><em>In some ecclesial contexts, plans and proposals for blessings of unions of persons of the same sex are being advanced. Such projects are not infrequently motivated by a sincere desire to welcome and accompany homosexual persons, to whom are proposed paths of growth in faith, \u201cso that those who manifest a homosexual orientation can receive the assistance they need to understand and fully carry out God\u2019s will in their lives.\u201d \u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Among the liturgical actions of the Church, the\u00a0sacramentals\u00a0have a singular importance: \u201cThese are sacred signs that resemble the sacraments: they signify effects, particularly of a spiritual kind, which are obtained through the Church\u2019s intercession. By them men are disposed to receive the chief effect of the sacraments, and various occasions of life are sanctified.\u201d The\u00a0Catechism of the Catholic Church\u00a0specifies, then, that \u201csacramentals do not confer the grace of the Holy Spirit in the way that the sacraments do, but by the Church\u2019s prayer, they prepare us to receive grace and dispose us to cooperate with it.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Blessings\u00a0belong to the category of the\u00a0sacramentals, whereby the Church \u201ccalls us to praise God, encourages us to implore his protection, and exhorts us to seek his mercy by our holiness of life\u201d<sup>[4]<\/sup>. In addition, they \u201chave been established as a kind of imitation of the sacraments, blessings are signs above all of spiritual effects that are achieved through the Church\u2019s intercession.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Consequently, in order to conform with the nature of sacramentals, when a blessing is invoked on particular human relationships, in addition to the right intention of those who participate, it is necessary that what is blessed be objectively and positively ordered to receive and express grace, according to the designs of God inscribed in creation, and fully revealed by Christ the Lord. Therefore, only those realities which are in themselves ordered to serve those ends are congruent with the essence of the blessing imparted by the Church.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>For this reason, it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage (i.e., outside the indissoluble union of a man and a woman open in itself to the transmission of life), as is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex. The presence in such relationships of positive elements, which are in themselves to be valued and appreciated, cannot justify these relationships and render them legitimate objects of an ecclesial blessing, since the positive elements exist within the context of a union not ordered to the Creator\u2019s plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Furthermore, since blessings on persons are in relationship with the sacraments, the blessing of homosexual unions cannot be considered licit. This is because they would constitute a certain imitation or analogue of the nuptial blessing<sup>.<\/sup>\u00a0invoked on the man and woman united in the sacrament of Matrimony, while in fact \u201cthere are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God\u2019s plan for marriage and family.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In late May, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken authorized U.S. embassies to fly Black Lives Matter (BLM) flags and banners to mark the one-year-anniversary of George Floyd\u2019s death.\u00a0\u201cThe U.S. State Department cable gives chiefs of missions, who head U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide, \u2018blanket written authorization\u2019 to display BLM flags and banners as \u2018appropriate in light of local conditions,&#8217;\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2021\/05\/25\/black-lives-matter-blm-state-department-embassies-flags-blinken-diplomacy-racial-injustice\/\">Foreign Policy<\/a> reported. \u201cIt stresses the directive is an \u2018authorization, not a requirement.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On June 1, the U.S. Embassy to the Vatican in Rome flew the LBGTQ pride flag to celebrate \u201cPride Month,\u201d prompting backlash online on account of the Vatican and the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2278779,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-520678824-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Embassy To The Vatican Flies Pride Flag, Prompts Backlash","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-548207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-520678824-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Embassy To The Vatican Flies Pride Flag, Prompts Backlash","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548207","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=548207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/548207\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2278779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=548207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=548207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=548207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}