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Fr. Gerald Murray, the pastor of Holy Family Church in Manhattan and a regular contributor to EWTN’s The World Over, said that Pope Francis is neglecting “his duty to defend the Church’s teaching” on sexual morality, which is contributing to a “grave disorder” in the church.
Fr. Murray added that faithful cardinals and bishops need to stage a “tough love” intervention with the Pope and “frankly” tell him “that this madness must be stopped. Now.”
There is a very serious struggle going on in the Catholic Church, with progressive/left clerics pushing acceptance for homosexual relations and gay marriage or civil unions, gender ideology, and related topics. On the defense are faithful bishops and priests trying to uphold the Church’s 2,000-year-old teachings on sex, marriage, and sin. …