Well, Oxford is not in union with Rome, but it doesn’t need to be. But the Franciscan, Dominican, and Jesuit institutions are in communion with Rome. And my bishop is also in communion with Rome.Obviously in institutions not in union with Rome. Not judging, just stating the facts based on your posts.
Why so defensive? You portray yourself as a Catholic theologian and spread heretical viewpoints, we should know what you mean by “theologian”. And when I asked what school, I was not asking what university you studied, but the school of theological formation. Thomist? Augustinian? Darwinian? Dawkinian?
So the infallible Magisterium is bigoted?
I believe that we’ve gone completely off topic and here is why I think this: I do not believe that there are any Catholic advocates of **removing **children from homes where they are already placed/born.
I had to laugh when I received news last January about my first formal heresy denunciation! Since 2009 I have been (1) publicly labelled a “stupid theist” by atheist Jerry Coyne, (2) declared to be the AntiChrist by a follower of the Discovery Institute in Seattle, (3) attacked by Richard Dawkins for arguing that a faithful Catholic may accept the biological theory of evolution, and (4) formally denounced as a heretic to the Bishop of the Diocese of Yakima, Washington.
Yes, these are disputable facts.
Unlike same sex unions, the infertile heterosexual couples who adopt children have no political agenda towards gender roles.
It is indeed.
You don’t know that. It could be that some heterosexual couples who adopt children have a definite political agenda: keeping adoptive children out of LGBT households.
It’s only bigoted if it refuses to recognize that “family” includes many different forms of household, including single parents.
You have a PHD in Theology from a Catholic University in union with Rome.
Yes. The lurkers are warned.
If you can show me why SS couples enjoy all legal protections for themselves and their adoptive or half-biological children, I would be less convinced that we need civil unions. I have read too many horror stories in which one partner is stripped of everything upon the death of the other, because he or she was not allowed to have legal titles to house, car, assets, etc. I have encountered horror stories in which one partner was excluded from the bedside of the dying loved one by that person’s biological family.
I think writing a will would be a start. Hospital visitation rights and such are things that would just take effort to make happen. Putting titles to cars, houses, etc in both names would also be beneficial. These things are smart to do even for married couples.
Actually, I think the problem lies in the definition of mortal sin. Mortal sin is a knowing break with God that is serious enough to prevent the acceptance of saving grace. A person that leaves the Catholic Church for another faith because he believes that faith is true and therefore will bring him closer to God is not knowingly rejecting God, thus doing so would not be a mortal sin in that instance.
And that’s all they are: stories.
Several years ago, my wife an I went to a hospital where a friend was dying. When we arrived, we said we were there to visit Mrs. So-and-So. Without asking if we were family, or any questions at all, we were immediately [if not sooner] escorted to Mrs. So-and-So’s room.
My apologies. You have told me this in another thread. In the same thread you had also told me that teach in a Catholic Seminary.
Yes, that’s an excellent thing to do.