The former Pope's master of ceremonies opens to the recognition of gay couples

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Daizies said:
I see what you mean - in the excerpted part it does say Mgr, the rest of the article keeps saying Archbishop. Maybe they made a typo in the article?
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Yes, it was definitely a typo. Monsignor Guido Marini (the current Master of Papal Ceremonies) would not have said such a thing. It was Archbishop Piero Marini, as YoungTradCath said above.
 
I don’t know how anyone can “weigh in on the matter” without substantiating the facts.
It was a journalistic account. How does anyone know that he was not misquoted, misunderstood, or taken out of context ? Or worse yet, “used” to either slander his person or promote someone else’s agenda? That happens all the time - remember when Pope Benedict was reported as giving his approval to the use of condoms? Or the very recent gross misinterpretation and misquoting of Cardinal Schoenborn? The list goes on and on.

It seems that some supposedly “Catholic” publications and blog sites are nothing other than gossip centers and sensationalistic tabloids, more interested in causing scandal and making waves than in presenting the truth.
 
Rocky24 said:
From Vatican Insider:
“It is necessary to recognize the union of persons of the same sex, because there are many couples that suffer because their civil rights aren’t recognized. What can’t be recognized is that this union is equivalent to marriage”
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It is possible to see how this could be a misquote. For instance, it’s possible that some words, such as “Some say” ,preceded the first words of the quote. All a journalist had to do was to delete them, thereby changing the meaning of the Archbishop’s words.

It’s possible. It’s also possible that he actually said what was reported. We will never know unless it is clarified.

One thing is certain: the Archbishop has many enemies of the traditionalist sort, who have had kittens over some of his liturgical statements. A number of them would rather believe evil things about him on the spot, rather than wait for clarification.
 
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