Pope Attempts to Change God's Moral Laws
[Pope Attempts
to Change God's Moral Laws
Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries]
"The Synod of Bishops, on the
Pastoral Challenges of the Family,
which ran from October 5-19, has
created some heated discussions on
the new direction the Roman Catholic
Church may be taking. The primary
topics of Synod included softening
the church's position on homosexuals
and birth control,
streamlining the annulment process
and
improving pastoral care of divorced
and remarried Catholics. It is
appalling that there is any
discussion on issues where God's
authoritative Word has already
established His position. No church
or pope has the right to ratify a
moral position that is inconsistent
with God's Divine Law. Marriage was
established and clearly defined by
God, and no one has the right to
pervert what He ordained.
Pope Francis urged the participating
bishops to speak their minds clearly
and fearlessly. He didn't want to
censor the conversation and thereby
prevent "the truth" from emerging.
One highly controversial proposal
suggested that homosexuals have
gifts and qualities to offer to the
Christian community, and the church
should provide for these people and
guarantee them a place of
fellowship. They said that the
question of homosexuality requires
serious reflection on how to devise
realistic approaches to growth and
maturation in the Gospel.
Roman Catholic gay rights groups
around the world hailed the report
as a breakthrough, but Church
conservatives called it a betrayal
of traditional family values. While
the text did not signal any change
in the Church's condemnation of
homosexual acts or gay marriage, it
used less judgmental and more
compassionate language than seen in
statements prior to the election of
Pope Francis.
The Synod also expressed the need to
make annulment cases more accessible
for divorced and separated people to
allow them to partake of the
Eucharist. An annulment is a legal
procedure for declaring a marriage
null and void. Unlike divorce, it is
retroactive, meaning that an
annulled marriage is invalid from
the beginning as if it had never
happened.
In his closing address Pope Francis
questioned the temptation of
"traditionalists" with their
"hostile inflexibility" and their
failure to allow themselves to be
"surprised by God."
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[Mike Gendron Comments] I was
visiting the Vatican the day before
the Synod concluded and have since
been interviewed on two national
radio shows. Clearly, this pope is
trying to take the Roman Catholic
Church in a new direction. My one
hour interview on Crosstalk of VCY
America can be heard
here. My
30-minute interview on the Janet
Mefferd Show can be heard
here."
Pro-Gospel.org
Response to comment [from a Christian]: "They may cross the revealed purpose as found in scripture, but the can never, ever cross the hidden purpose of the Eternal Almighty. He is working all things according to His good pleasure even the wicked for the day of destruction..."
He will build
his church
and the gates of hell
will not prevail against him (Mt
16:18).
Response to comment [from a Catholic]: "[T]he pope is simply trying to change the way we deal with sinners..."
Re 22:18
See:
Roman Catholicism
