Catholics in America have fallen

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"My deepest gratitude to Fr. Eric Andrews, Fr. James Martin, Fr. Paul Rospond, and Fr. Chris Lawton for showing me that God’s loving mercy is unconditional...

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God's saving love is absolutely conditional. Jesus said to "repent and believe" for eternal life. We have a responsibility to turn away from our sins and obey God as He has commanded as an evidence of the salvation that we have through Christ.

If this guy is an unrepentant homosexual, he should have no expectation that he is saved. If he were saved, the Spirit would be convicting him to repent of his homosexuality.

ETA: I should clarify that God's general love of benevolence is unconditional, but His saving love is particular to His elect, and His elect will most certainly repent and trust in Christ. There is no one whom God loves in election that will continue in unrepentant sin. Whom He foreloved, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, Jesus. Those who do not repent show no evidence of God's saving love towards them.

Every denomination has gone liberal except the Southern Baptists. Which makes sense considering they were the first. Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist and He was from the south of Jerusalem

Christian churches in America have always had gender related issues with each other. In 1640 an Anglican visited a Quaker ceremony in Pennsylvania featuring a female minister's sermon. He wrote in his diary:
"It reminded me of a friend who taught his dog to walk on it's hind legs. They can do it. But they're not very good at it."

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Christian churches in America have always had gender related issues with each other. In 1640 an Anglican visited a Quaker ceremony in Pennsylvania featuring a female minister's sermon. He wrote in his diary:
"It reminded me of a friend who taught his dog to walk on it's hind legs. They can do it. But they're not very good at it.

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More importantly, female pastors are forbidden, biblically

After decades of covering up and enabling child sexual abuse, this is what finally does it for you?

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For confirming him into the church? lol

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To be confirmed into the church, do you not need to confess and repent? I'm not Catholic, so, serious question.

As a Catholic - there are sacraments where you can turn people away... and some where it's a much greyer line.

This is performative, most likely, on the Bishops part which is the bigger problem than Confirming a practicing homosexual.

But everyone who is confirmed is struggling with sin. Period.

This is not the Catholic church.

IF you are not in communion with the Vatican and the Holy See you are not Catholic.

Neither the Vatican nor any Pope has ever permitted or condoned a marriage by anyone other than 1 man and 1 woman (both being free of mortal sin) to be considered married in the Holy Sacrament of Marriage established by God.

The claim in this OP is akin to saying men and become pregnant and bring forth a new life into the world.

S If he is a gay man in an open and confessed relationship with another gay man he is therefore in a state of mortal sin and cannot under cannon law receive any sacrament of the Catholic church i.e. Baptism, Confirmation, the Eucharist, Reconciliation (or Penance/Confession), Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony.

Furthermore, clergy who knowingly give these sacraments to those who are outside of the requirements are themselves outside of their duties and any such scarcement is not valid and the clergy risks excommunication.

So as a Catholic this story neither offends me nor makes me angry. It's a non story because it does not involve the Catholic church nor does it reflect on the Catholic church as a whole in union with the Vatican and Cannon law.

Wait till you find out how many openly gay people join heaven.

So was Ted Bundy. Do you have a point....other than the one on your head?