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PopeWatch: Malta and Adoption

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PopeWatch suspects that in 2014 Pope Francis will lose most of his new found leftist admirers.  The process is underway:

On the heels of a leading gay magazine naming Pope Francis its Person of the Year, the pontiff is reportedly “shocked” over a proposal to legalize adoption for same-sex couples in Malta.

Bishop Charles Scicluna of Malta condemned adoption by same-sex couples in his Christmas sermon, according to the Telegraph.

Thing is, Scicluna met Pope Francis on December 12 and told the Times of Malta: “We discussed many aspects… and when I raised the issue that’s worrying me as a bishop [the right for gay couples to adopt] he encouraged me to speak out.”

The Times of Malta said the Pope was “shocked” over the legislation; the Telegraph indicated that Bishop Scicluna’s sermon seemed delivered at Pope Francis’ prompting.

Go here to The Blaze to read the rest.  While in Argentina Pope Francis was very much a culture warrior on the issues of homosexual marriage and the “right” of homosexuals to adopt.  The cultural issues, especially abortion and gay marriage, are the holiest of holies for the left.  Leftists who looked kindly on the Pope assumed from his statements that he was going to soft pedal these issues while assuming a leftist stance on economics.  If that turns out not to be the case, PopeWatch predicts that Pope Francis will receive much the same bile from the left that most leftists heaped on Pope Benedict.  We shall see.

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philip
philip
Thursday, January 2, AD 2014 8:06am

Lukewarm is not a temp. favorable to Our Lord. Better to choose…and wisely at that.

Paul W Primavera
Paul W Primavera
Thursday, January 2, AD 2014 1:25pm

I like Philip’s comment.

Phil Ferguson
Phil Ferguson
Thursday, January 2, AD 2014 3:10pm

Why, in God’s good world, do you insist on using the g– word when referring to a putrid abomination? They are trashy perverts – for whom my Queen and I daily pray for.

Chesterton opined “It’s neither gay nor a marriage.”

Phil Ferguson, O.P./L

Elizabeth Fitzmaurice
Elizabeth Fitzmaurice
Thursday, January 2, AD 2014 8:36pm

I’m sorry if I sound cynical and critical of the Pope but, he’s shocked? Excuse me? How in the world could he be shocked? What does that say about his level of awareness of the world around him (outside of Argentina)? Or worse, was that statement of “shock” simply phony?

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Friday, January 3, AD 2014 4:27am

[…] Pope­watch sees this as the pos­si­ble break­ing point: […]

Botolph
Botolph
Friday, January 3, AD 2014 8:45am

Elizabeth,

My hunch is that he is/was shocked that Malta. a tiny island but almost completely Catholic, that held out against Moslem invasion, is/was now succumbing to the relativitistic cultural dictatorship that so many other countries have already surrendered.

anzlyne
anzlyne
Friday, January 3, AD 2014 9:44am

I think you are prob right about that Botolph that the key to “pontiff is reportedly “shocked” over a proposal to legalize adoption for same-sex couples in Malta.” is the last two words – in Malta.

Steven Barrett
Steven Barrett
Friday, January 3, AD 2014 1:40pm

Self-styling “American Catholics” (our more left-leaning fellow Catholics) will never be fully satisfied with our teachings on moral issues and questions pertaining to ecumenism. They give themselves away with the very use of the term “American Catholic(s).” On the other hand, it will greatly benefit the very few American conservatives belonging to the Church to remember the Church they sincerely want to support, has a lot more things on its mind, heart and plate to consider than the desires of a small elite.
The left needs to develop the patience and thick skin it’ll need for the long haul and not to forsake all hope should it not get its way; and worse, use the pulpits of tenured academic leaders to sway much younger minds as a previous generation of like-minded powerfully positioned academics managed to pull off over Birth Control in ’68. The right needs to do likewise in spirit; and forevermore forsake the use of fiscal blackmail. The old feudal days are over. Finito.

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Sunday, January 5, AD 2014 10:00am

[…] the Bishop of Malta to speak against “Gay Adop­tion” in his coun­try and dis­agreed with Pope­watch that this would be the break­ing point with the left and […]

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Monday, January 6, AD 2014 6:00am

[…] David Clayton, NLM Don’t Fall for This Francis Hoax: 5 Things to Know & Share – J. Akin PopeWatch: Malta & Same-Sex Adoption – Donald R. McClarey JD, TACt Francis: Same-Sex Couples Pose New Educational Challenges […]

Ez
Ez
Monday, January 6, AD 2014 3:17pm

It is very shocking that Malta, nearly all Catholic, would want to legalise same-sex “marriage”. Doesn’t make sense.
Its a slippery slope from here on.

Ez
Ez
Tuesday, January 7, AD 2014 12:52am

Sorry- same-sex adoption. Worse!

Sophia Sadek
Sophia Sadek
Wednesday, January 8, AD 2014 11:28am

Some liberals may interpret this green light on the part of Francis as a way to get Scicluna into hot water. The notion that all children have a right to the same kind of family that Jesus had is a pretty lame argument. Francis may not get as much egg on his face over this issue as one might expect.

BTW, Phil Ferguson’s overt bigotry does not reflect well on his religion. It makes him seem like a hater extraordinaire. There are plenty of Catholics who would be shocked by such vitriol.

Mary De Voe
Wednesday, January 8, AD 2014 4:50pm

“The notion that all children have a right to the same kind of family that Jesus had is a pretty lame argument.”
The notion that all children have a right to the same kind of family that Jesus had is the only argument. The innocent virgin at conception makes a mother of a woman and a father of a man. It is the duty of the state to protect and preserve virginity and innocence to deliver Justice. Gays cannot make family, nor mother nor father nor gaiety. What kind of state would deprive a child of a mother or a father?

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