Posted on 06/25/2016 7:41:53 AM PDT by marshmallow
On 16 June, it was reported that the courageous prelate from Spain, Cardinal Archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, was being investigated by the government of the Spanish Province of Valencia for his purportedly abusive remarks about the increasingly disintegrating pressure on the traditional family exercised by applied gender theory and the so called “gay empire.”
The report said:
The government of the Spanish province of Valencia has opened an investigation against the Cardinal Archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, following numerous complaints over a sermon in which he denounced the influence of the “gay empire” on society. If prosecuted and convicted, Cañizares could receive up to four years in prison for “inciting hatred” against homosexuals, under [current]Spanish law. [emphasis added]
The unexpected good news of 23 June, however, was that the investigation of Cardinal Cañizares has been suspended. The magistrate responsible has said that there are no grounds for it, nor for any acceptance of alleged criminal charges against the Catholic prelate. As the Catholic website Crux reports:
A judge in Spain ruled on Thursday [23 June] that a cardinal denouncing an attack against the Christian family by a “gay empire” was not, simply by virtue of using that language, committing a hate speech crime but exercising his right to freedom of expression.
The criminal proceedings against Cardinal Antonio Cañizares of Valencia were dismissed without further investigation because the magistrate saw no “criminal intent” nor an appeal to “hatred and violence” in the homily delivered by the prelate on May 13.
For the moment, at least, there is no evidence that there will be a legal appeal made by those many groups – such as the Valencian LGBT association Lambda together with 55 other organizations – who had originally brought charges against Cañizares. There is also no......
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21st Century Spanish Inquisition, except under color of secular govt. authority, instead of the Church.
“The government of the Spanish province of Valencia has opened an investigation against the Cardinal Archbishop of Valencia, Antonio Cañizares Llovera, following numerous complaints over a sermon in which he denounced the influence of the “gay empire” on society. If prosecuted and convicted, Cañizares could receive up to four years in prison for “inciting hatred” against homosexuals, under [current]Spanish law. [emphasis added]”
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It’s coming here too if we stay our current political path.
Why isn’t this guy pope?
It is my memory of courageous clergy like Cardinal Canizares that helps keep me Catholic. Vivat Jesus!
from the article:
the Spanish cardinal said last Friday: “They will not force me to be silent.” He added: “If I were to be silent, I would be a bad bishop.” He will continue, Cañizares added, to speak the truth, “even if some do not tolerate it and even if they crucify me.” The cardinal also said that “We need the family, and this [gender] ideology destroys it. That is why we are not to be silent, but we have to respond.”
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
George Orwell
~ ... the Valencian LGBT association Lambda together with 55 other organizations – who had originally brought charges against Cañizares... ~
Which is more amazing? There are 55 political organizations of/for queers, or the fact they had dared to persecute a holy and righteous Cardinal for simply speaking the truth???
Maybe most of the Cardinals who elect him are gay?
We need to pray for this brave man. May God keep him safe and give him strength.
I’m glad there are still priests like this. Wish there were more of them.
Agreed!
Yep.
History repeating itself.
Which of the 55 is hiding somewhere, creeping around Vatican City? Have heard there's a "Lavender Mafia" lurking around there.
From Feb. 2013 https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-expert-details-39huge-homosexual-underground-in-the-church39.
The smoke of Satan is Lavender color..? Or "rainbow" color, but not natural like in the sky. That coloring doesn't stop at pots of gold guarded by leprechauns, but goes down into the earth and "up and down in it", at time and place surfacing, coming out of the ground...
"The unexpected good news of 23 June, however, was that the investigation of Cardinal Cañizares has been suspended. The magistrate responsible has said that there are no grounds for it, nor for any acceptance of alleged criminal charges against the Catholic prelate."
Fabulous.
Did someone at the Vatican call the prosecutor and tell that guy to call off the dogs? If so, from which side of the uh, "rainbow"? The bow that the Lord sets in the sky, or the phony faggy imitation?
When or if somebody eventually gets around to crucifying the good Cardinal, who'll it be holding the nails, and who pounding them?
I suppose if or when it comes time for you, me, or the fence post to have a turn at being crucified, if it's any consolation at the least we'd be in good company.
Too bad he wasn’t born here, he’d be a great VP.
>> gay empire
The Pink Nazis
The Lavender Inquisition.
Wish I could keep good informational links like this. I tried to look up whether homosexual priests were responsible for the church molestations, but, when tried to Google it, found one link, and a hundred that said it was untrue.
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