Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Rome now supports same sex unions

ROME — In a documentary that premiered Wednesday in Rome, Pope Francis called for the passage of civil union laws for same-sex couples, departing from the position of the Vatican’s doctrinal office and the pope’s predecessors on the issue.

The remarks came amid a portion of the documentary that reflected on pastoral care for those who identify as LGBT. 

“Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They’re children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it,” Pope Francis said in the film, of his approach to pastoral care.

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HT: Dr Tighe and a couple of blog readers who kindly alerted me to this shocking development.

3 comments:

The Anti-Gnostic said...

This follows naturally from the fact that modern Christianity (all of it) is secular first, and Christian second. Christianity without a Christendom means eventual extinction.

BorisJojicj said...

We are all children of His. That doesn't mean we are free to violate His Law. Yes, that goes for heterosexual sins as well.

unreconstructed rebel said...

Yup. What took out the episcopal organization in the US is that way too many bishops were on wife number three.