Homosexual Sins: Francis Undermines His Own Authority
Possessing nuclear bombs is a sin "today", as is the death penalty, but "it wasn't before", Francis told the Jesuits in Lisbon in August.
Phil Lawler asks if Francis' strange statement also works the other way around: “Can something that was once sinful become morally acceptable — perhaps even welcome?”
He refers to homosexual sins. A Jesuit told Francis that homosexuals regard God's call to chastity as “an imposition.”
In his response, Francis did not affirm the fundamental Christian teaching that homosexual practice is immoral, Lawler notes, "but instead he expressed his impatience with what he sees as an undue preoccupation with ‘sins below the waist [e.g. sexual abuse].’”
Referring to Francis' tendency to question Catholic teaching and to mock those who respect the magisterium, he insists that by doing so Francis is undermining all magisterial authority "including his own."
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Phil Lawler asks if Francis' strange statement also works the other way around: “Can something that was once sinful become morally acceptable — perhaps even welcome?”
He refers to homosexual sins. A Jesuit told Francis that homosexuals regard God's call to chastity as “an imposition.”
In his response, Francis did not affirm the fundamental Christian teaching that homosexual practice is immoral, Lawler notes, "but instead he expressed his impatience with what he sees as an undue preoccupation with ‘sins below the waist [e.g. sexual abuse].’”
Referring to Francis' tendency to question Catholic teaching and to mock those who respect the magisterium, he insists that by doing so Francis is undermining all magisterial authority "including his own."
Picture: © Mazur/cbcew.org.uk, CC BY-NC-ND, #newsVqpntiiinl