Sounds like Joel Osteen, he wont say sin is sin either.
There’s sure some fierce competition to get these homosexuals into churches.
Ah...he wants Catholics to become a “seeker church”. From what I’ve seen, it seems to result in the Christians becoming more worldly rather than the non-Christians to repent. After all, if you tell them they are OK already, what do they need to repent from?
Might as well start hanging out with the prostitutes and the lepers(ebola?).
Well, sure - we are all sinners. Christ came to save sinners, and sinners are welcome to the Church. Now if they are open, unrepentant sinners - of course they can’t be members - but they are still welcome to hear the Gospel and hopefully (by the Grace of God and work of the Holy Spirit) they will change (be born again).
Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, gay, and - did I forget? - gay. Damn, I get sick of it.
The Catholic Church will split into (at least) two branches as long prophesied (bishop against bishop, etc.). The two branches will be the Traditionalist Catholic Church (Identified with the Latin Mass and for which the gates of hell will not prevail), and the worldly church, known for its admittance of active, unrepentant homosexuals. Only the former will actually be Catholic and enduring until the end of time. The latter will be quite popular with worldly interests but for a relatively short period of time. Those who intend to stay with the real Catholic Church could have saved decades of indecision by siding with the traditionalists immediately following Vatican II.
The Church is here to reconcile man to God, not God to man.
Why not make every sin acceptable in the eyes of God? Then why did Christ die on the cross?
Cardinal Dolan..I wrote him off as a sellout years ago. By all appearances, he’s more interested in being popular than saving souls.
I’m pretty sure the libs got their butts whooped in fact. Pontiff gets the final say of course, but he is unlikely to override the bishops who just stripped the heretical language from the document.
All about capturing market share?
We’re screwed.
Under Francis, the Church wants to bring people back into the stadium, as it were. “They see the crowds, they smell the hot dogs,” said Dolan, playing out the metaphor.
Ummm, really? Couldn’t use some other way to convey the metaphor? The gays are going to come back to the church for the hot dogs? Ugh.
They are welcome to hear the Gospel. They are welcome to be open to the Holy Spirit, repent and be saved, and go and SIN NO MORE. As same with the evangelical denominations, the sacrament of Holy Communion is for those who have gotten right with the Lord, having repented, confessed, and continuing to let the Holy Spirit deal with the sin nature (not by my strength but by His Strength).
But expecting to be entertained, allowed to disrupt and fly the freak flag, no. Absolutely not!
There are no Gregorian Chants or incense in the masses most Catholics attend.
The ceremony of the mass is only meaningful if it is a celebration of the love Jesus has for us. It is only moving if it is a sincere, heartfelt celebration of the Last Supper and an attempt to open your heart to the love of God.
As mere entertainment, like a baseball game, it is empty repetition and a boring hour.
If you do not believe in the eternal truths and do not endeavor to live your life by them it is simply a waste of time.
Minister to all as Christ did, but the message has to be repentance. That’s also as Christ did.
He should be running the gays out — specifically out of the priesthood.
Time to put an end to their molestations of children.
I knew a kid in high school who was queer. His ambition was to be a Catholic priest, because it was the perfect cover for his perversion, and he had heard that seminary was basically like an extended stay in a bathhouse. Far as I ever knew he achieved his goal.
Soon people will stop relying on any church and just make their own pact with God and His Son.
it’s so hurtful to explain to sinners that they are sinning and need to change. it takes away from the fun of the ballgame. and the beer. and the wieners.