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Synod: Pope Francis cautioned on 'hostile inflexibility'

Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod. A draft report issued halfway through the meeting …More
Pope Francis has suffered a setback as proposals for wider acceptance of gay people failed to win a two-thirds majority at a Catholic Church synod.
A draft report issued halfway through the meeting had called for greater openness towards homosexuals and divorced Catholics who have remarried.
But those paragraphs were not approved, and were stripped from the final text.
The report will inform further debate before the synod reconvenes in larger numbers in a year's time.
Correspondents say the text welcoming gay people and remarried Catholics had been watered down in the final version that was voted on - but it appears that they still met with resistance from conservatives.
All other parts of the draft report were accepted by the synod.
'Let God surprise'
Speaking after the vote, Pope Francis told attendees that he would have been "worried and saddened" if there had not been "animated discussions" or if "everyone had been in agreement or silent in a false and acquiescent peace", AP news …More
Ben Martin
Would a man guided by the spirit of the Church talk like Francis?
Would a pope guided by the Holy Ghost act like and teach like Francis?
Are we living in the end times---has the Seat Peter been taken over by the powers of Satan as many saints predicted!!
Such scandal was created from this Synod and Francis does nothing but encourage the evil and cardinals to grow.
By their fruits you shall know …More
Would a man guided by the spirit of the Church talk like Francis?

Would a pope guided by the Holy Ghost act like and teach like Francis?

Are we living in the end times---has the Seat Peter been taken over by the powers of Satan as many saints predicted!!

Such scandal was created from this Synod and Francis does nothing but encourage the evil and cardinals to grow.

By their fruits you shall know them----is this fruit or Holy Ghost or Satan.