Catholic Church

By Fr. Peter Ryan, SJ, Catholic World Report - Blessing couples in irregular situations and same-sex couples is not analogous to blessing an individual businessman who may exploit people... Today I saw the headline, “Pope denounces ‘hypocrisy’ of those who criticise LGBT blessings.” I found that disconcerting, because I have been critical of LGBT blessings. It grieves me to be regarded as a hypocrite by the Holy Father.

By Stephen P. White, The Catholic Thing - First and foremost, citizenship is about love, that is, about willing and acting for the good of a particular community. A good citizen loves the political community to which he belongs. He loves it well when he acts in a way that places the good of his community – the whole good, the common good – ahead of his own personal or tribal interests... The citizen ought to love his political community because it is his, not merely in exchange for the material benefits it provides. The good citizen must love his home enough to desire to fix what is broken in it and preserve what is good in it. ....

By Robert Morrison, Remnant Columnist, The Remnant - In his interview published by the Italian magazine Credere on February 8, 2024, Francis scolded those who question Fiducia Supplicans, the December document authorizing the blessing of same-sex unions: “‘The gravest sins,’ the Pope adds, ‘are those that disguise themselves with a more 'angelic' appearance. No one is scandalised if I give a blessing to an entrepreneur who perhaps exploits people: and this is a very serious sin. Whereas they are scandalised if I give it to a homosexual . . . This is hypocrisy! We must all respect each other. Everyone! The heart of the document is welcome.” ....