The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Tuesday, May 22, 2018

Not so fast

Pope Reportedly Tells Gay Man 'God Made You Like This And Loves You'

Frances Langum at C&L writes, under that headline,

Is even the Catholic Church evolving on this issue? It appears so.

She quotes CNN:
A victim of clerical sexual abuse has said that Pope Francis told him that God made him gay and that his sexuality "does not matter." 
Juan Carlos Cruz, a survivor of sexual abuse, spent three days with Pope Francis at the Vatican in April, in which he discussed his sexuality and the abuse he suffered at the hands of a Chilean priest. 
Describing his encounter with the Pope to CNN, Cruz said: "You know Juan Carlos, that does not matter. God made you like this. God loves you like this. The Pope loves you like this and you should love yourself and not worry about what people say."
The traditional Catholic position is that while what we do is up to us, what we want to do is not.

And that God loves us all.

And that morally we must not fulfill some desires.

Nothing the Pope said - or reportedly said - conflicts with or departs from any of that.

I'll think he's really revising the traditional Christian and Catholic moral view when he says homosexual activity is not wrong.

Or, for that matter, any sexual activity at all apart from intercourse with one's spouse of the opposite sex making no use of birth control measures other than the rhythm method.

Wait for that.

Don't hold your breath.

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