Pope “Accommodates” Muslims at Annual Dinner for the Poor

Edit: as European nations are awash with crime from Mohammedan invaders, this Pope continues to encourage ushering them into Europe to do what they’ve always done, which is rape, loot and enslave. When they become majorities, they will impose their Islamic world on Europeans remaining. They already do this in areas where they are in the majority. This pope wants to dispossess you, if you’re a European Christian, that is.

[dcclothesline] When will this gesture be reciprocated? Never. “Interfaith dialogue” is not conducted in search of genuine religious rapprochement. It is designed simply to make Christians feel good about how Christlike and non-bigoted they are (in their own view), while the Muslims can go away satisfied that the Christians are again submitting to them. 

The principle is always and everywhere the same: in Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to suit Muslim sensibilities. And in non-Muslim countries, one must conform one’s behavior to suit Muslim sensibilities.

“Leave them; they are blind guides. And if a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.” (Matthew 15:14)

https://www.dcclothesline.com/2019/12/20/popes-annual-meal-for-the-poor-features-no-pork-or-wine-to-avoid-offending-muslims/

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Pontifical Biblical Commission Issues Report Reassessing Homosexuality

By David Martin

At the request of Pope Francis, the Pontifical Biblical Commission has issued a report in which the conception of homosexuality is radically revised.

"A new and more adequate understanding of the human person imposes a radical reservation on the exclusive valuation of the heterosexual union in favor of an analogous reception and homosexuality and homosexual unions," can be read in the study commissioned by Pope Francis to the Pontifical Biblical Commission, in which homosexual expression is regarded as "a legitimate and dignified expression of the human being."

The problem with this is that there is nothing in the Bible that shows any such favor to homosexuality, but rather condemnation. "Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination." (Leviticus 18:22)   It was the sin of homosexuality that brought the fierce punishment of God upon Sodom and Gomorrah, but it appears that Rome is in denial of this Biblical fact.
 

And why? Because Rome today is infested with gay sympathizers, including Cardinal Oscar Maradiaga who heads the pope's "Council of Nine" cardinals and Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia who heads the new Pontifical Academy for Life.

Paglia recently went on record as saying that those who say Judas is in hell are 'heretics' and that priests may 'accompany' assisted suicides. https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-paglia-on-judas

https://www.complicitclergy.com/2019/12/19/vatican-biblical-commission-homosexual-unions-should-not-be-condemned/

Pope Francis invites Christians to make a crib

Pope at Audience: ‘Life is reborn at Christmas’

Pope Francis invites Christians to make a crib in their homes as a
preparation for Christmas, noting that in a world in which weapons
continue to be manufactured, the crib is “an artisanal image of peace.”

By Linda Bordoni

“Christmas is a week away,” Pope Francis reminded those present for the
weekly General Audience, inviting them to ask themselves “how am I
preparing to celebrate the birth of the Lord?”

A simple, but effective way, he told them, is to make a crib.

This, he told them, is exactly what he did: “I went to Greccio, where
Saint Francis set up the first crib, with the people who lived there.
And I wrote a letter recalling the significance of this tradition.”

The crib: a living Gospel

The Pope went on to describe the crib as a kind of living Gospel that
“brings the Gospel into the places of our lives: our homes, schools,
workplaces, community centers, hospitals and clinics, prisons and squares.”

It reminds us, the Pope said, of how the Lord showed His love for us by
being born as one of us.

To make a crib, he continued, “is to celebrate God’s closeness, and to
rediscover that He is real, concrete and alive,” and the baby Jesus with
open arms tells us that God came to embrace us in our humanity.

It is nice, the Pope said, to stand before the crib and share our daily,
lives, hopes and concerns with the Lord.

Then, he went on to speak of the other figures in the crib: Mary and St.
Joseph who symbolise the joys, worries and harmony of family life.

A domestic Gospel

“The crib is a domestic Gospel,” Pope Francis continued, and the image
of the manger evokes the meals we share as families and the centrality
of Jesus, the living bread come down from heaven, into our family life.

Caught up in the frenetic rhythms of today’s life, the Christmas crib,
he said, also reminds us to pause and contemplate what is truly important.

In a world in which weapons continue to be manufactured every day, and
violent images penetrate our sight and our hearts, Pope Francis said,
“the crib is an artisanal image of peace, that’s why it is a living Gospel.”

The Pope wrapped up his discourse inviting everyone to make a little
crib in their homes “as a reminder that God came to be with us, was born
a man like us, and continues to accompany us in our lives.”

“He doesn’t change things with magic, but if we welcome Him into our
hearts everything can change,” he said.

Making a crib, Pope Francis concluded, is like opening the door to our
home and saying: “Jesus, come in!”: “If Jesus dwells in our lives, life
is reborn, and if life is reborn, it really is Christmas!”

The Carnival of Obscurity is over.....

By
  NICOLE WINFIELD / AP

December 17, 2019

(VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis abolished the use of the Vatican’s highest level of secrecy in clergy sexual abuse cases Tuesday, responding to mounting criticism that the rule of “pontifical secrecy” has been used to protect pedophiles, silence victims and prevent police from investigating crimes.

“The carnival of obscurity is over,” declared Juan Carlos Cruz, a prominent Chilean survivor of clergy abuse and advocate for victims.

In a new law, Francis decreed that information in abuse cases must be protected by church leaders to ensure its “security, integrity and confidentiality.” But he said the rule of “pontifical secrecy” no longer applies to abuse-related accusations, trials and decisions under the Catholic Church’s canon law.

The Vatican’s leading sex crimes investigator, Archbishop Charles Scicluna, said the reform was an “epochal decision” that will facilitate coordination with civil law enforcement and open up lines of communication with victims.

While documentation from the church’s in-house legal proceedings will still not become public, Scicluna said, the reform now removes any excuse to not cooperate with legitimate legal requests from prosecutors, police or other civil authorities.

Francis also raised from 14 to 18 the cutoff age below which the Vatican considers pornographic images to be child pornography. The reform is a response to the Vatican’s increasing awareness of the prolific spread of online child porn that has frequently implicated even high-ranking churchmen.

The new laws were issued Tuesday, Francis’ 83rd birthday, as he struggles to respond to the global explosion of the abuse scandal, his own missteps and demands for greater transparency and accountability from victims, law enforcement and ordinary Catholics alike.

The new norms are the latest amendment to the Catholic Church’s in-house canon law — a parallel legal code that metes out ecclesial justice for crimes against the faith — in this case relating to the sexual abuse of minors or vulnerable people by priests, bishops or cardinals. In this legal system, the worst punishment a priest can incur is being defrocked, or dismissed from the clerical state.

When he was a cardinal, Pope Benedict XVI had persuaded St. John Paul II to decree in 2001 that these cases must be handled by the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and be dealt with under the “pontifical secret” rule. The Vatican had long insisted that such confidentiality was necessary to protect the privacy of the victim, the reputation of the accused and the integrity of the canonical process.

However, such secrecy also served to keep the scandal hidden, prevent law enforcement from accessing documents and silence victims, many of whom often believed that the “pontifical secret” rule prevented them from going to the police to report their priestly abusers.