The Joy of Love
Homosexuals and divorced and civilly remarried couples have overtaken the Catholic Church. Can you still remember that famous question posited to Pope Francis on one of his early plane trips when a reporter asked him if women could become priests and if homosexuals could marry in the Catholic Church? His answer was not a definite “no” to either question as you recall and left open the possibility of future scandal for the Church. Then in 2016, the Pope decided to publish his exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, and so began the current schism among priests within the Catholic Church between the homosexuals and the celibate. Jesus himself, who never married, handed down the celibacy mandate of the Catholic Church. Moreover, Jesus condemned homosexuality without question and commanded marriage to be permanent. Yet in Amoris Laetitia, the Pope opened an assortment of problems. He stated that married and civilly divorced couples could receive the Eucharist in Mass and that the Church should freely accept and possibly extend the Eucharist to practicing homosexuals. These two statements clearly go against 2000 years of established truths of the Catholic Church through revelation and tradition, which holds the indissolvability of marriage and a complete prescription against homosexuality. Thereafter, Archbishop Chaput of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia immediately released “Pastoral Guidelines for Implementing Amoris Laetitia” which forbade divorced and civilly remarried heterosexuals and homosexuals, whether married or not, from receiving the Eucharist or taking part in the administration of Catholic Church functions. The issuance of the guidelines was immediately followed by a dubia signed by four cardinals and addressed to Pope Francis. The five dubia were short and concise questions requiring “yes” or “no” answers from the Pope about these issues raised by Amoris Laetitia. Pope Francis never responded. In 2017 a Filial Correction of Pope Francis was signed by 62 church scholars, which stated that the Pope has “effectively upheld seven heretical positions about marriage, the moral life, and the reception of the sacraments, and has caused these heretical opinions to spread in the Catholic Church.” Again, the Pope remained silent. During Easter week of 2019 prominent theologians and philosophers within the Catholic Church issued an “Open letter to the bishops of the Catholic Church” which accused the Pope of the crime of heresy based on seven specific positions that he has publicly and consistently taken since Amoris Laetitia and which are clearly against the magisterium. They demand that the Pope recant these heretical positions, or, in the alternative, that the bishops declare him a heretic and remove him from the Chair of Peter. The letter then switches gear and begins to list numerous priests, bishops and cardinals by name who have either been accused of homosexual activity and sexual assault or who have protected others accused of such crimes, and who have been placed in positions of authority at the Vatican. The letter also mentions the secret agreement of the Pope to allow the rulers of communist China to appoint Catholic bishops. (I wonder if Peter and Paul would have ever given Nero the authority to appoint bishops.)
Becoming, and then, remaining a priest is a privilege not a right. The privilege carries with it great responsibilities including celibacy and total sexual abstinence, which also applies to married and civilly divorced couples. Divorce in the Catholic Church is allowed if a defect can be proven in the marriage. Any violation of the natural or divine law requires immediate termination of priestly privileges and marital vows for the sake of the sanctity of the Church. Scandal is prohibited in the Church. The accused has the burden of proving his innocence. He has no right of innocence until proven guilty, no right to trial, no right against self-incrimination and no property right. Unfortunately, the Church has taken upon itself 400 years of social relativism-old traditions, political designs and ideas of men seeking freedoms from tyrannical and oppressive laws in 15th century kingdoms following the Reformation. The Church is not a democracy or a republic. The church is an institution created by God for the flourishment of human endeavor. Divine law must rule within the Church, not man-made rights based on the natural law. Violation of divine law requires natural law consequences, immediate termination until one proves his own innocence.
Do not believe this article about the things you have just read. Read the documents yourself by a quick search on google. Can you see what deviation from the divine law does? It only brings in scandal, confusion, depravity and chaos. It weakens the foundation upon which the Catholic Church was built. It is always evil and can only cause strife and division. Speak up! Love heals all wounds. If the Church, which Christ started, falls into ruin, it is only your eternal soul that is in jeopardy.
Becoming, and then, remaining a priest is a privilege not a right. The privilege carries with it great responsibilities including celibacy and total sexual abstinence, which also applies to married and civilly divorced couples. Divorce in the Catholic Church is allowed if a defect can be proven in the marriage. Any violation of the natural or divine law requires immediate termination of priestly privileges and marital vows for the sake of the sanctity of the Church. Scandal is prohibited in the Church. The accused has the burden of proving his innocence. He has no right of innocence until proven guilty, no right to trial, no right against self-incrimination and no property right. Unfortunately, the Church has taken upon itself 400 years of social relativism-old traditions, political designs and ideas of men seeking freedoms from tyrannical and oppressive laws in 15th century kingdoms following the Reformation. The Church is not a democracy or a republic. The church is an institution created by God for the flourishment of human endeavor. Divine law must rule within the Church, not man-made rights based on the natural law. Violation of divine law requires natural law consequences, immediate termination until one proves his own innocence.
Do not believe this article about the things you have just read. Read the documents yourself by a quick search on google. Can you see what deviation from the divine law does? It only brings in scandal, confusion, depravity and chaos. It weakens the foundation upon which the Catholic Church was built. It is always evil and can only cause strife and division. Speak up! Love heals all wounds. If the Church, which Christ started, falls into ruin, it is only your eternal soul that is in jeopardy.
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