[NRx]

Title slightly edited by necessity.

[Fungi]

Are pederasts and pedophiles welcomed?

[MeganC]

The surrender of the RCC was pretty quick, wasn’t it?

[MeshugeMikey]

"We want the Gospel of mercy proclaimed in the great cities of the world, most of all in the poorest and most marginalized quarters.”

sounds like ghetto politics to me!

Rainbow Flags too?

[piusv]

Where is the Catholic Church?

[Farmer Dean]

“Everyone can come,nobody is excluded.”
Except for Jesus,he’s not welcome there.

[marshmallow]

There is a time and place for discussing the issues of homosexuality and homosexual "couples" but a meeting on the family is not that place unless it's under the heading of "Threats to the Family".

Whatever the intention, the outcome will simply be a further blurring of the lines which is the last thing we need at the moment. Homosexual "couples are in no sense "family". Their situation is certainly deserving of discussion and ministry but not in the context of the traditional family. The latter is an image of God's relationship with his Church, the latter is an ongoing and gravely sinful situation.

The juxtaposition of these two diametrically opposed models of "family" in a public meeting will simply cause further confusion and scandalize to those whose faith is already weak. Is the sin of scandal even considered these days in the promotion of the all encompassing "new mercy"? There's a lot of talk about "the poor" and "the weak". How about an occasional thought for those struggling with their faith and who desperately need the positive witness of a Church which is heroically confronting the zeitgeist and the world.