“What is perfection in love? Love your enemies in such a way that you would desire to make them your brothers … For so did He love, Who hanging on the Cross, said ‘Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.’” (Luke 23:34)
Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation. Otherwise, celibacy itself would lose its meaning as a renunciation.
In the name of tolerance, tolerance is being abolished; this is a real threat we face.
Evil too, will always be part of the mystery of the Church. And when we see what men, what the clergy have done in the Church, then that is nothing short of proof that he [Christ] founded and upholds the Church. If she were dependent on men, she would long since have perished.
That Christianity gives joy and breadth is also a thread that runs through my whole life. Ultimately someone who is always only in opposition could not endure life at all.
"Only 25% of couples are bonded in a traditional form of marriage". I presume this only applies to the U.S. but it is indicative of the dark times in which we live.
In response to yet another in the daily barrage of Bergoglian scandal, the best I can do is to quote Mundabor:
At this point, words fail. New ones at least. So it is fitting to repeat the old ones:
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar