Some people just want the church to match their sentiment. It is evident that the fifth commandment has never been understood to mean all killing. Within the Pentateuch there are examples of righteous killing both of men and animals. Given that the same law which says “do not kill” also says that an idolator must be stoned to death, clearly the original recipients understood righteous killing and unrightious killing as two different things. It is true that in war there is ample temptation to give in to murder and other sins. That does not make all killing sin. In fact, God rejoices over the death of His enemies. Being made in His image we ought to rejoice over the death of His enemies with Him. One cannot reason from a false premise that because the church has recently rejected the original meaning of the fifth commandment, which it has not, that we can now ignore any other public sin as though it is a cultural issue of pastoral care alone. Murderers, adulterers, fornicaters, homosexuals, and any person known to be insubordinate against God is unable to receive communion pending repentance and reconciliation. All the fuzzy feelings and wishful thinking in the world won’t change the real peril of Ananias and Saphire. They lied to the Holy Spirit about their sin and God struck them dead at the feet of Peter.
The original question was about whether any actual quote from pope Francis seems to mean that persons living in public sin such as Same sex marriage could be allowed to receive communion. Here we are discussing the merits of such a position, which discussion has its value. What is the text people might be twisting or misunderstanding to this issue.
I have noticed, that Pope Francis sometimes gets reported as though the media is committed to presenting him as the liberal savior of a presumed backward church. I reject that characterization of him but I wonder if it accounts for some of the stuff I’ve heard on moral issues.
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