[Larry381]

MOST of the priests who were pedophiles were homosexual.
Homosexuals have done more to blacken the Catholic churches name than any other entity and ignoring them or playing nice with them will be a huge mistake. The same mistake as allowing them to adopt children.

[MEGoody]

Pope Francis made a seismic shift in Vatican policy this week. He appeared to accept the service of gay priests who don’t act on their sexuality.

That's not really a"seismic shift" is it? I believe that was pretty much the position of the previous Pope and maybe the one before (i.e. you don't choose what tempts you, but you do choose whether to act on that temptation or not)

[LibertarianLiz]

He appeared to accept the service of gay priests who don’t act on their sexuality

No priest is supposed to "act on their sexuality"; not just "gay" priests. They should know that already; but, it makes no difference to them. The "child abuse" scandal was a "gay priest" scandal. It was not reported in the media that way; but, that is what it was.

I have been trying today, to not start ruminating on whether the new Pope actually understands what went on in the priest sex abuse scandal. It would be so depressing to believe that; because, not understanding means it could happen again.

[LibLieSlayer]

But... but... but... in the first thread today, I was assured that the Pontiff didn’t mean what he said and what he said wasn’t what he said. I have a headache now.

LLS

[Arrowhead1952]

A thread I posted several months ago.

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Marriage and the Church [LCMS]
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3018022/posts