The Leftist National “Catholic” Reporter falsely reporting? Color me shocked!!!
Fr. Lombardi is to Pope Francis as Jay Carney is to President Obama: a professional apologist, which usually requires a lot of lying.
The survey has already been made public. And it does ask questions about views on divorce and remarriage, homosexual unions and children of such unions, artificial contraception, etc.
If anything is leftist, it’s the orientation of the actual survey.
Who’s he thinking about marrying?
.. “What’s interesting is how bishops are going about gathering the information. Some bishops are taking Francis’s drive further forward, while others are putting on the brakes,” he said.
In England, for example, the questionnaire is available online so individuals can express their opinions directly, while bishops elsewhere “believe their role is to filter the answers”, he added ...
http://news.yahoo.com/vatican-issues-global-questionnaire-modern-families-145433172.html
someone’s comment on this article
“This article was published not through the Vatican, but rather Agence France-Presse (AFP), and with no identifiable journalist - which probably is a result of the fact they left out the most important “fact” regarding these “questions” - they are being directed to the Catholic Bishops, not to every member of the Catholic church - which is inferred in the “fact lacking” article.”
Found the questionnaire online from England and Wales. Not clear how it will be handled in USA and Rest of World
After reading questionnaire I conclude.
* The questions are mainly intended for pastors teachers and bishops.
* Better yet would have been guidance to the pastors teachers and bishops giving the biblical approach to dealing with the issues raised.