I never heard about contraception in its fullness or humanae vitae. I knew the Church disapproved maybe even acknowledged remotely they had their reasons, but I didn’t know really why.
That’s the problem-- most Catholics seem to own Bibles and Catechisms but never read or study them—yet probably spend their time on the noise of useless information and entertainment as much as their non-catholic neighbors. These teachings on abortion, contraception and homosexual acts are very clear in the Catechism–but these are not the only topics covered in the Bible or the Catechism, which is the point the pope is making. Never mind the sensational secular headlines.
Now all of a sudden Catholics are chastizing Catholics who may not have been guilty of any wrong doing??? Fr Pavone was wrong?? Lila Rose was single minded??
Now you’re making assumptions.
His answer about homosexuality was vague and he didn’t even answer his own question by the end of it. It gave no one a real answer.
The problem is that you are not reading carefully what the pope said—and you’re missing his very important point—which happens to be the same one Jesus made when the people were ready to stone the woman to death for committing adultery. We are here to help people reach heaven, not to condemn or be their judge here on earth. God doesn’t send anyone to hell—people send themselves. God permits this even though His desire is that everyone be saved.
Any true secular homosexual on the outside, why should he be interested in God’s mercy, if there is no need to repent?
Again, you need to read carefully what the pope said despite the sensational headlines. Read what the pope said:
“The most important thing is the first proclamation: Jesus Christ has saved you. And the ministers of the church must be ministers of mercy above all. The confessor, for example, is always in danger of being either too much of a rigorist or too lax. Neither is merciful, because neither of them really takes responsibility for the person. The rigorist washes his hands so that he leaves it to the commandment. The loose minister washes his hands by simply saying, ‘This is not a sin’ or something like that. . .The church’s ministers must be merciful, take responsibility for the people and accompany them like the good Samaritan, who washes, cleans and raises up his neighbor.”
His statements as Bishop Bergoglio, for some reason are completely different than the tone he has now.
No. He’s saying exactly what he said in the past. He condemns sin but lives the sinner. Understand that a single drop of honey attracts more flies than a gallon of vinegar. Everybody already knows that the Church teaches that homosexual activity is a grave sin. We are all sinners and wounded by sin, thus he describes the Church as a hospital to heal wounds; and homosexual lifestyles wounds a person, much like the lifestyle you may have been living wounded you before you turned to Christ.
So the story goes about the priest who was sent to a new diocese, and while preparing for his first mass there, he asked the sacristan what are the people there like. “oh father,” replied the sacristan, “these people are vindictive and grudge-holding gossipers, always pointing out other people’s faults—but they are very good Catholics–they come to mass every Sunday and receive the sacraments faithfully.”
Now notice how Jesus dealt with a person who was living a very sinful life:
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