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To: Mrs. Don-o
Invoking the words of Pope Francis with regard to gays and lesbians, she wrote, "If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?"

I often wonder if Pope Francis has any idea how much damage he did with that comment, and, if so, whether he feels any remorse for it.
24 posted on 06/15/2014 10:37:53 AM PDT by irishjuggler
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To: irishjuggler

I agree-even so, I didn’t read anything in the Pope’s statement about same sex marriage even being possible, much less approved. The church taught me that marriage can only be a man and a woman, and I don’t see the Pope saying that has changed, no matter what idiots like Pelosi want to believe...


28 posted on 06/15/2014 10:45:33 AM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: irishjuggler

I often wonder if Pope Francis has any idea how much damage he did with that comment,

...I doubt that he has many ideas at all...


58 posted on 06/15/2014 12:42:26 PM PDT by IrishBrigade (')
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To: irishjuggler

Invoking the words of Pope Francis with regard to gays and lesbians, she wrote, “If someone is gay and is searching for the Lord and has good will, then who am I to judge him?”

I often wonder if Pope Francis has any idea how much damage he did with that comment, and, if so, whether he feels any remorse for it.


The problem is that Pope Francis’s words were taken entirely outside of the context of his statement. He was following up on a question regarding the issue of homosexuals within the Catholic clergy. His response was to not automatically assume that anyone who is a homosexual is incapable of living a celibate lifestyle such as the priesthood. Hence his statement of not judging anyone who might be striving to live a holy lifestyle.


60 posted on 06/15/2014 12:43:51 PM PDT by Gumdrop (~)
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