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Wednesday November 28, 2007
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US Catholic Parish set to "Publicly Bless the Relationship of Same-Sex
Couples"
Openly challenges Church moral teachings
ST. PAUL - Minneapolis, November 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - St. Frances
Cabrini church, of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese, has announced
on their website that they are ready to "bless" homosexual partners.
The parish has published a "Statement of Reconciliation" repudiating the
Church for its teaching on sexual purity and married chastity and
misrepresenting these teachings as a form of "oppression." The statement
said the parish will "Publicly bless the relationships of a same sex couple
after the couple completes a process of discernment similar to that
completed by heterosexual couples before marriage."
The parish statement goes on to pledge that it will publish in the
homosexual press their commitment to the homosexual activist agenda and to
including "a gay/lesbian perspective in catechesis at all levels, including
elementary school age." The parish currently runs catechesis programmes for
children from ages three and up.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the pastor of the parish is Fr. Leo Tibesar who is a
national leader in the anti-Catholic homosexual lobbying organisation,
Dignity. Fr. Tibesar was recorded this week preaching a homily refuting
Catholic teaching on sexuality and accusing those who uphold it, including
bishops, Cardinals and "Evangelicals", of hypocrisy.
In May 2006, when LifeSiteNews.com revealed Fr. Tibesar's leadership role in
the homosexual political movement within the Church, he was not the pastor
of any parish. It was since the revelations of his involvement in the
anti-Catholic campaign group that he was assigned to St. Francis Cabrini. He
is also a longstanding figure in Archbishop Flynn's archdiocesan programmes
preparing couples for marriage.
The parish says it "stands willing" to accept "openly gay or lesbian priests
or lay ministers" despite the widely available statistics showing the high
prevalence of homosexual clergy perpetrators in the Church's ongoing sexual
abuse crisis.
Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, head of Human Life International, told
LifeSiteNews.com that the parish's statement was "totally contrary to the
Catholic faith". "I can only say what the scriptures say, this is an
abomination. The blessing of homosexual partners is an abomination and the
corruption of children is a scandal," he said.
"The fact that they are placing themselves in opposition to the bishops,
that they specifically cite the bishops in opposition to them, means they
have placed themselves outside the communion of the Catholic Church and
apostolic tradition of the Church. In fact in opposition to it."
Fr. Euteneuer explained that Catholic teaching was not a matter of arbitrary
or politically motivated decisions but a "clear understanding of human
sexuality passed down to us through the centuries and faithfully passed on
by the Church." He added that those actively living a homosexual lifestyle
separate themselves "not just from the Church but from God".
The leader of the international Catholic pro-life organization stated,
"We're not talking about disordered persons but disordered desires and
actions. The bishops have been very clear, and the papal teachings go back
forever on this issue. I think what it comes down to is that these people
worship a different god than we worship."
In his 2003 book, "Anti-Catholicism in America The Last Acceptable
Prejudice", US Episcopal author and historian Philip Jenkins identified
these themes as the guiding conventions of the latest wave of anti-Catholic
bigotry, fuelled by the sexual and "gender identity" politics common to the
American left since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
Euteneuer said, "I agree with Jenkins and I think the other side of the coin
is that we have people within our own ranks, wolves in sheep's clothing, who
are not only not authentic Catholics but are working on an anti-Catholic
agenda from within the Church."
Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Prominent Minneapolis-St. Paul Priest a Leader in National Homosexual Lobby
Group
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06032009.html
ON TAPE: U.S. Priest Blasts Vatican Cardinal and Archbishop over
Homosexuality During Homily
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07112602.html
Readers may contact the Archdiocese to express concerns:
Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
226 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 291-4400
communications@archspm.org
Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt
Coadjutor Archbishop
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
226 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 291-4400
communications@archspm.org
Wednesday November 28, 2007
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
US Catholic Parish set to "Publicly Bless the Relationship of Same-Sex
Couples"
Openly challenges Church moral teachings
ST. PAUL - Minneapolis, November 28, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - St. Frances
Cabrini church, of the St. Paul and Minneapolis archdiocese, has announced
on their website that they are ready to "bless" homosexual partners.
The parish has published a "Statement of Reconciliation" repudiating the
Church for its teaching on sexual purity and married chastity and
misrepresenting these teachings as a form of "oppression." The statement
said the parish will "Publicly bless the relationships of a same sex couple
after the couple completes a process of discernment similar to that
completed by heterosexual couples before marriage."
The parish statement goes on to pledge that it will publish in the
homosexual press their commitment to the homosexual activist agenda and to
including "a gay/lesbian perspective in catechesis at all levels, including
elementary school age." The parish currently runs catechesis programmes for
children from ages three and up.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the pastor of the parish is Fr. Leo Tibesar who is a
national leader in the anti-Catholic homosexual lobbying organisation,
Dignity. Fr. Tibesar was recorded this week preaching a homily refuting
Catholic teaching on sexuality and accusing those who uphold it, including
bishops, Cardinals and "Evangelicals", of hypocrisy.
In May 2006, when LifeSiteNews.com revealed Fr. Tibesar's leadership role in
the homosexual political movement within the Church, he was not the pastor
of any parish. It was since the revelations of his involvement in the
anti-Catholic campaign group that he was assigned to St. Francis Cabrini. He
is also a longstanding figure in Archbishop Flynn's archdiocesan programmes
preparing couples for marriage.
The parish says it "stands willing" to accept "openly gay or lesbian priests
or lay ministers" despite the widely available statistics showing the high
prevalence of homosexual clergy perpetrators in the Church's ongoing sexual
abuse crisis.
Fr. Thomas Euteneuer, head of Human Life International, told
LifeSiteNews.com that the parish's statement was "totally contrary to the
Catholic faith". "I can only say what the scriptures say, this is an
abomination. The blessing of homosexual partners is an abomination and the
corruption of children is a scandal," he said.
"The fact that they are placing themselves in opposition to the bishops,
that they specifically cite the bishops in opposition to them, means they
have placed themselves outside the communion of the Catholic Church and
apostolic tradition of the Church. In fact in opposition to it."
Fr. Euteneuer explained that Catholic teaching was not a matter of arbitrary
or politically motivated decisions but a "clear understanding of human
sexuality passed down to us through the centuries and faithfully passed on
by the Church." He added that those actively living a homosexual lifestyle
separate themselves "not just from the Church but from God".
The leader of the international Catholic pro-life organization stated,
"We're not talking about disordered persons but disordered desires and
actions. The bishops have been very clear, and the papal teachings go back
forever on this issue. I think what it comes down to is that these people
worship a different god than we worship."
In his 2003 book, "Anti-Catholicism in America The Last Acceptable
Prejudice", US Episcopal author and historian Philip Jenkins identified
these themes as the guiding conventions of the latest wave of anti-Catholic
bigotry, fuelled by the sexual and "gender identity" politics common to the
American left since the sexual revolution of the 1960s.
Euteneuer said, "I agree with Jenkins and I think the other side of the coin
is that we have people within our own ranks, wolves in sheep's clothing, who
are not only not authentic Catholics but are working on an anti-Catholic
agenda from within the Church."
Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Prominent Minneapolis-St. Paul Priest a Leader in National Homosexual Lobby
Group
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/mar/06032009.html
ON TAPE: U.S. Priest Blasts Vatican Cardinal and Archbishop over
Homosexuality During Homily
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2007/nov/07112602.html
Readers may contact the Archdiocese to express concerns:
Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
226 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 291-4400
communications@archspm.org
Most Reverend John C. Nienstedt
Coadjutor Archbishop
Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis
226 Summit Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55102
(651) 291-4400
communications@archspm.org
