Thursday, September 23, 2010

Priest rebuked by his bishop for lacking "compassion"

This happened over the pond, but it could just as easily have happened in the epicentre, for it's the same culture rearing its ugly head. In fact it did happen, to Edmund Adamus, whose courageous description of our culture for what it is earned him the disapproval of his bishop, the Archbishop of Westminster, and inspired the name of this blog.

Bishop Armando Ochoa of El Paso has rebuked a diocesan priest who wrote that “every single Catholic, out of fidelity to charity and truth, has the absolute duty to oppose (1) the murder of unborn babies, and (2) any and all government attempts to legalize homosexual unions.”

“I urge all of the Catholic faithful to treat homosexuals with love, understanding, and respect,” Father Michael Rodriguez had added in his August 2 El Paso Times column. “At the same time, never forget that genuine love demands that we seek, above all, the salvation of souls. Homosexual acts lead to the damnation of souls.”

Read the whole article here at Catholic Culture

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