How do you say “Oops!” in Latin?
It seems now that the Vatican, in spite of Pope
Francis’ pronouncements, is backing off on a relatio that would make the Roman Catholic Church more
welcoming—or, at any rate, less excluding—to LGBT people.
I don’t blame Francis for this. I think he really wants to change the Church,
at least to the degree that he can. He
must have anticipated push-back, but I wonder if he realized just how much more
conservative some bishops are than he is—or how many such bishops there are.
It’s also hard not to wonder how many of those bishops
didn’t read the relatio until the
news media reported it, or whether they read it more closely after hearing all
of the discussion about it.
Some of those bishops are pure-and-simple homophobes
who simply don’t want anyone but potential breeders in their church.
How do you say “NIMBY” in Latin?
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