Pope says future of mankind at stake over gay marriage

The Pope explains his reasoning and it is quite simple.

Via The Telegraph:

Pope Benedict XVI has weighed in on a heated debate over gay marriage, criticising new concepts of the traditional family and warning that mankind itself was at stake.

"In the fight for the family, the very notion of being – of what being human really means – is being called into question," the Pope said in Italian during an end-of-year speech.

"The question of the family ... is the question of what it means to be a man, and what it is necessary to do to be true men," he said.

The Pope spoke of the "falseness" of gender theories and cited at length France's chief Rabbi Gilles Bernheim, who has spoken out against gay marriage.

"Bernheim has shown in a very detailed and profoundly moving study that the attack we are currently experiencing on the true structure of the family, made up of father, mother, and child, goes much deeper," he said.

He cited feminist gender theorist Simone de Beauvoir's view to the effect that one is not born a woman, but one becomes so – that sex was no longer an element of nature but a social role people chose for themselves.

"The profound falsehood of this theory and of the anthropological revolution contained within it is obvious," he said.

The defence of the family, the Pope said, "is about man himself. And it becomes clear that when God is denied, human dignity also disappears."

(continue reading at The Telegraph)

 

Comments

[R.J. Godlewski]

Nothing will happen until His Holiness starts chucking pro-abortion/pro-gay politicians out of the Church.

The Progressives have had a free rein in falsifying the Inquisition, Catholic protection of the Nazis, delegitimizing the Crusades, etc.

Now it is time for the Church -- all of Christianity -- to go Biblical on the Progressive Left...

[PALADIN]

@ RJ Merry Christmas to ya RJ ! And much health and happiness in 2013.
I know how to say it in Polish , but i don't know how to write it ! :)

Looking forward to more of your writings in 2013.
God Bless Bud.

[PALADIN]

Merry Christmas to you too Deb ! and your hubby 'The Grouch " (Leaving for Phoneix in the AM for christmas with Pappy and Mom) And a Happy New Year to ya too ! See y'all in 2013.

[R.J. Godlewski]

@Paladin:

Ma przyjemne Boże Narodzenie i Szczęśliwy Nowy Rok!!!

Boy, did I botch that one up! :o) Well, let's hope that you do have a nice Christmas (never could remember the Polish word equivalent for "Merry") and a Happy New Year!

I will be writing much for 2013, but a bit different than I had in the past. Look for my piece on Christmas to get the ball rolling... :o)

R.J.