Homosexuals remake "Synodal" feast - or you ok we ok

No doubt some will see it as homophobic to mention this - but isn't it awful to see Government offices flying Pride flags, and Ministers joining in the celebrations, when the Health Protection Surveillance Centre is currently showing a 144% increase in notified cases of Gonorrhoea for the first half of 2023 over the same period in 2022? Gay, bisexual people and men who have sex with men made up 71% of the cases in 2022 and 84% of cases of early infectious Syphilis. There is also mention on that website and the ECDC website of an infection Shigella/Shigellosis which affects the same group:

"Since April 2023, over 300 shigellosis cases, many with multidrug-resistant Shigella sonnei infections, have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC)". The website goes on to say that 50 of the 300 cases are in Ireland and that there is a risk of infection of close contacts outside the GBMSM community.

The European Commission Eurostat website shows Ireland with a high excess mortality rate currently (13.3%), although the Taoiseach seemed to disagree recently. Maybe some of those were people who succumbed to one of these infections. Hopefully when this topic is introduced to secondary school students the dangers will be highlighted. There's certainly a lack of courage, compassion, common sense and critical thinking in our government and maybe in the Synod too.

Tomas I would only rule out 2 and 6 of your list and those only because it would be a case of too much too soon. All the other ideas have been openly freely circulating for the the current pontificate.

Many religious orders are already "gay friendly" and it would appear the homosexual minority of less than 5% is very heavily over represented among clergy and bishops.Mary Kenny in Goodbye to Catholic Ireland made mention of this fact nearly 30 years ago.

I was still quite shocked at how quickly the gay blessing idea was proposed by high ranking prelates. This is simply pseudo marriage reflecting recent western secular trends. I don't need to add this is a direct assault on traditional Catholic doctrine and morality.

The Francis revolution rarely involves formal doctrinal change. He is more interested in praxis or pastoral change on the ground while leaving formal teaching on the books as an ideal.

He has stacked the Synod with progressive types often of an extreme nature. The college of cardinals is almost completely his creation now as he seeks to cement his reforms.

I suspect we will see a more vague welcoming minorities agenda coming from Rome post Synod while encouraging local initiatives. Gay blessing ceremonies are already being performed in Germany and Holland. The attitude of the African Church will be interesting. Anglicanism is splitting again over the issue of homosexuality. That row will surely be replicated in the Catholic Church on similar battle lines?

This is my take too. Point 6 (less so 7, but famous men tolerated and "welcomed" as anyone else) perhaps deemed unnecessary if already given in practice. Point 8 may be one of the most offensive but could also be sugarcoat enough according to Francis own ruling. Several ex-anglicans and ex-protestants of other kind sigh and understand this to be the same same implemented in their lgtbq-permeated organisations since circa early 1990s. To the effect that priestesses and gays are almost the only ones still there among the officials who celebrates ceremonies. Empty pews apart from a few staying on ordinary and some activists, the latter also few.

I disagree. The "pairing" was not blessed, nor has the Catechism been changed. The document (which I've read now) clearly restated Catholic teaching on marriage and homosexuality. I'm not thrilled about it, but I think the controversy is hugely overblown.

Retitled "Popesplainer addressing a critic"





Sorry for not understanding the difference in "teaching" you claim not existing (i.e. heretical praxis/theory by indirect mean means, yet not producing outright blasphemy in b/w SHOCK WRIT since that would stop even the sternest Francis-friends from defending it blindly no matter reasons).