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<\/a>Pope Francis died Monday, the day after Easter. He was 88 years old. Beloved by many, this first Latin American pontiff was chosen partly to pursue an ongoing mission of cleaning up alleged, financial corruption in the Vatican. To his great credit, this most affable pope was known mostly for his advocacy for the poor, the disenfranchised, and the marginalized. Many young people were drawn to Pope Francis. And he did make progress at the Vatican with financial reforms.<\/p>\nBut there was one other black mark against the Roman Catholic Church that needed to be cleaned up as well, and that was its pedophile priests and homosexuality among priests. Pope Francis had a mixed record on this at best. He once said of the matter, \u201cWho am I to judge?\u201d<\/p>\n
What! I thought that\u2019s what leaders are expected to do. Of course, we are not to judge in the sense Jesus cautions in Matthew 7.1-5. But that is about hypocritical judging. Jesus did not teach therein that there should be no judging. Leaders, including church leaders, must make judgments of various kinds all the time.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis\u2019s Remarks on Homosexuality<\/strong><\/h2>\nPope Francis had said to reporters in 2013 regarding homosexuality, \u201cIf a person is gay and seeks God and has goodwill, who am I to judge him?\u201d Members of the LGBTQ who were Catholic regarded that statement as an approval of homosexuality. Yet to this day, the Church condemns homosexuality as sin.<\/p>\n
In 1992, the previous Pope Benedict, as director of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, which determines or approves Catholic teaching, had authored an official Vatican declaration on homosexuality. It said, \u201ca homosexual orientation is a objective disorder and a tendency toward an intrinsic moral evil.\u201d This remains to this day the official position of the Roman Catholic Church, and I believe it is biblical.<\/p>\n
Pope Francis\u2019 remark about homosexuality caused an uproar among many Catholics. Perhaps to assuage this discontent, he later alleged during a meeting with clerics that there was an \u201catmosphere of faggotry\u201d at the Vatican. It was not the first time he had so alleged. He also reportedly had assented to the need to ban homosexual young men from Catholic seminaries. This harsh language seemed to contradict his previous statement, \u201cWho am I to judge?\u201d<\/p>\n
The Apostle Paul on Sexual Immorality<\/strong><\/h2>\nThe Bible has some very sobering statements that condemn sexual immorality which includes homosexuality. For instance, the apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, \u201cIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father\u2019s wife. And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you?\u201d (1 Corinthians 5.1-2 NRSV).<\/p>\n
Paul was pretty upset about this matter. He even wrote further, \u201cI have already pronounced judgment in name of the Lord Jesus on the man who has done such a thing. When you are assembled, \u2026 you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord\u201d (vv. 3-5). Paul then provides an overall teaching about what constitutes being a Christian, and he doesn\u2019t mince words about it. He further states, \u201cI am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral\u201d etc. (1 Corinthians 5.11).<\/p>\n
The Torah on Homosexuality<\/strong><\/h2>\nWe read in the Old Testament Moses\u2019 declarations condemning homosexuality, \u201cYou shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,\u201d and, \u201cIf a man lies with male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death\u201d (Leviticus 18.22; 20.13).<\/p>\n
The apostle Paul begins his magisterial book of Romans by declaring in its first chapter, referring to previous generations, \u201cGod gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men\u201d (Romans 1.26-27). Paul explains that God \u201cgave them up\u201d to these passions because they had \u201cexchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator\u201d with their idols (v. 25).<\/p>\n
More from Paul<\/strong><\/h2>\nPaul writers further in his letter to the Corinthians, \u201cDo you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers\u2014none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God\u201d (1 Corinthians 6.9-11).<\/p>\n
But what if a person has considerable trouble with being tempted with sexual immorality of any kind. This reminds me of the Bible account about Cain slewing his brother Abel due to jealousy (Genesis 4.1-8). Before it happened, God saw Cain\u2019s jealous anger and warned him about it by saying, \u201cIf you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it\u201d (v. 7). Cain obviously didn\u2019t listen, but went and planned the murder of his brother Abel and did it (v. 8).<\/p>\n
Are a Majority of Cardinals Homosexual?<\/strong><\/h2>\nAs Roman Catholics attended the funeral of Pope Francis this Saturday morning at the Vatican, cardinals had been gathering there previously to discuss and choose the next pope to succeed him. A disturbing announcement was made last Monday by Professor Rik Torfs, a canon law expert at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium, in which he charges that perhaps most of those cardinals who will choose the next pope are homosexuals. Torfs stated, \u201cA paradoxical situation remains. On the one hand, homosexual relations are considered sinful but on the other, a significant percentage\u2014probably the majority\u2014of cardinals are homosexual.\u201d He added for support, \u201cPeople I know in the Vatican think it\u2019s a large majority.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is not a subject I relish to write about, especially with our world now so accepting of homosexuality. But regarding homosexuals and pedophiles being more common in the Catholic clergy than one would expect, I think it reveals the celibacy of the Catholic priesthood has been a misguided and non-biblical enterprise. What do you think?<\/p>\n
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The Bible has some very sobering statements that condemn sexual immorality which includes homosexuality. For instance, the apostle Paul wrote to the church at Corinth, \u201cIt is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father\u2019s wife. And you are arrogant! Should you not rather have mourned, so that he who has done this would have been removed from among you?\u201d (1 Corinthians 5.1-2 NRSV).<\/p>\n
Paul was pretty upset about this matter. He even wrote further, \u201cI have already pronounced judgment in name of the Lord Jesus on the man who has done such a thing. When you are assembled, \u2026 you are to hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord\u201d (vv. 3-5). Paul then provides an overall teaching about what constitutes being a Christian, and he doesn\u2019t mince words about it. He further states, \u201cI am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother or sister who is sexually immoral\u201d etc. (1 Corinthians 5.11).<\/p>\n
The Torah on Homosexuality<\/strong><\/h2>\nWe read in the Old Testament Moses\u2019 declarations condemning homosexuality, \u201cYou shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,\u201d and, \u201cIf a man lies with male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall be put to death\u201d (Leviticus 18.22; 20.13).<\/p>\n
The apostle Paul begins his magisterial book of Romans by declaring in its first chapter, referring to previous generations, \u201cGod gave them up to degrading passions. Their women exchanged natural intercourse for unnatural, and in the same way also the men, giving up natural intercourse with women, were consumed with passion for one another. Men committed shameless acts with men\u201d (Romans 1.26-27). Paul explains that God \u201cgave them up\u201d to these passions because they had \u201cexchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator\u201d with their idols (v. 25).<\/p>\n
More from Paul<\/strong><\/h2>\nPaul writers further in his letter to the Corinthians, \u201cDo you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers\u2014none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God\u201d (1 Corinthians 6.9-11).<\/p>\n
But what if a person has considerable trouble with being tempted with sexual immorality of any kind. This reminds me of the Bible account about Cain slewing his brother Abel due to jealousy (Genesis 4.1-8). Before it happened, God saw Cain\u2019s jealous anger and warned him about it by saying, \u201cIf you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it\u201d (v. 7). Cain obviously didn\u2019t listen, but went and planned the murder of his brother Abel and did it (v. 8).<\/p>\n
Are a Majority of Cardinals Homosexual?<\/strong><\/h2>\nAs Roman Catholics attended the funeral of Pope Francis this Saturday morning at the Vatican, cardinals had been gathering there previously to discuss and choose the next pope to succeed him. A disturbing announcement was made last Monday by Professor Rik Torfs, a canon law expert at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium, in which he charges that perhaps most of those cardinals who will choose the next pope are homosexuals. Torfs stated, \u201cA paradoxical situation remains. On the one hand, homosexual relations are considered sinful but on the other, a significant percentage\u2014probably the majority\u2014of cardinals are homosexual.\u201d He added for support, \u201cPeople I know in the Vatican think it\u2019s a large majority.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is not a subject I relish to write about, especially with our world now so accepting of homosexuality. But regarding homosexuals and pedophiles being more common in the Catholic clergy than one would expect, I think it reveals the celibacy of the Catholic priesthood has been a misguided and non-biblical enterprise. What do you think?<\/p>\n
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Paul writers further in his letter to the Corinthians, \u201cDo you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived! Fornicators, idolaters, adulterers, male prostitutes, sodomites, thieves, the greedy, drunkards, revilers, robbers\u2014none of these will inherit the kingdom of God. And this is what some of you used to be. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God\u201d (1 Corinthians 6.9-11).<\/p>\n
But what if a person has considerable trouble with being tempted with sexual immorality of any kind. This reminds me of the Bible account about Cain slewing his brother Abel due to jealousy (Genesis 4.1-8). Before it happened, God saw Cain\u2019s jealous anger and warned him about it by saying, \u201cIf you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it\u201d (v. 7). Cain obviously didn\u2019t listen, but went and planned the murder of his brother Abel and did it (v. 8).<\/p>\n
Are a Majority of Cardinals Homosexual?<\/strong><\/h2>\nAs Roman Catholics attended the funeral of Pope Francis this Saturday morning at the Vatican, cardinals had been gathering there previously to discuss and choose the next pope to succeed him. A disturbing announcement was made last Monday by Professor Rik Torfs, a canon law expert at the Catholic University in Leuven, Belgium, in which he charges that perhaps most of those cardinals who will choose the next pope are homosexuals. Torfs stated, \u201cA paradoxical situation remains. On the one hand, homosexual relations are considered sinful but on the other, a significant percentage\u2014probably the majority\u2014of cardinals are homosexual.\u201d He added for support, \u201cPeople I know in the Vatican think it\u2019s a large majority.\u201d<\/p>\n
Conclusion<\/strong><\/h2>\nThis is not a subject I relish to write about, especially with our world now so accepting of homosexuality. But regarding homosexuals and pedophiles being more common in the Catholic clergy than one would expect, I think it reveals the celibacy of the Catholic priesthood has been a misguided and non-biblical enterprise. What do you think?<\/p>\n
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This is not a subject I relish to write about, especially with our world now so accepting of homosexuality. But regarding homosexuals and pedophiles being more common in the Catholic clergy than one would expect, I think it reveals the celibacy of the Catholic priesthood has been a misguided and non-biblical enterprise. What do you think?<\/p>\n
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