High-ranking Cardinal speaks against homosexuality, declares God is being 'eroded' in America

[trotsky]

http://www.christiandaily.com/article/high-ranking-cardinal-speaks-against-homosexuality-and-declares-that-god-is-being-eroded-in-the-us/52473.htm

..."In your nation, God is being eroded, eclipsed, liquidated," he said, as quoted by Advocate, ...at the 12th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast.

Cardinal Sarah was appointed prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments by Pope Francis in the year 2014. He condemned same-sex marriage, transgender bathroom laws and attacks on the family as "demonic."

"Should not a biological man use the men's restroom? How simpler can that concept be?" the cardinal reportedly asked an audience of clergy and congregants, receiving applause and laughter from the audience.

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"The rupture of the foundational relationship of someone's life through separation, divorce or distorted imposters of the family such as co-habitation or same-sex unions is a deep wound that closes the heart to self-giving love into death, and even leads to cynicism and despair. These situations cause damage to the little children through inflicting upon them deep existential doubt about love," he continued.

I think that children are more damaged and inflicted with "deep existential doubt about love" by a church that teaches who they are and/or whom they love is evil and wrong. Not to mention all the children raped and abused by priests who were protected (to this day) by church leadership. How much damage was inflicted upon those children?

[skepticscott]

1. Good thing we don't have assholes on DU

who will try to defend or deflect from this. Because that would be pretty despicable, especially on a supposedly progressive website. And I really hope there are no LGBT DUers left who will still spew their apologetics for this pope and this "church".

[trotsky]

2. Well you know, anyone who criticizes the RCC and points out the damage they are doing...

can just be labeled an "anti-Catholic bigot" and then attacked with vitriol and hatred. I simply ignore the assholes who operate that way. Their church is more important to them than people are, and so I'm never going to see eye-to-eye with them. Not worth my time.

[Iggo]

3. Know what else causes damage to little children? The penises of Catholic priests. That's what.

:middlefinger:

[trotsky]

4. Yeah, I don't think he and his church are in any position to lecture others on what's good for kids.

Morally bankrupt.

[Iggo]

5. And they laughed.

[TygrBright]

6. Woah! "God" must be pretty effing fragile. n/t

[edhopper]

7. Just because everyone in the Church hierarchy

is a raging homophobe, doesn't make the religion less true.

Or something.....