2023-10-12 22:32:24
The following LIFE NEWS article that I relaunch addresses the meeting between the American actress and activist Whoopi Goldberg and Pope Francis, focusing on Goldberg’s opinions regarding the Pontiff’s positions on issues such as homosexuality, Communion for the divorced and remarried and climate change.
Goldberg, known for her support of abortion, expressed gratitude to Pope Francis for his “message”, particularly regarding homosexuality. In the interview with Vatican News, Goldberg interpreted Francis’ message as support for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community, based on the belief that God cannot make mistakes. This attitude helped solidify her support for the Pontiff:
LIFE NEWS: Meet Pope Francis and support his acceptance of homosexuality
VATICAN CITY ( LifeSiteNews ) – American actress and pro-abortion activist Whoopi Goldberg met Pope Francis on Thursday, the former taking the time to thank the latter for his “message” on so-called climate change and his position on homosexual acts and on Communion for “remarried” divorcees.
In an interview published Thursday by Vatican News, Goldberg spoke about his meeting with Francis this morning, saying he has “been waiting for years” to “thank Pope Francis for his message, particularly on the topic of homosexuality. Goldberg told Vatican News that he interpreted Francis’ message as: “Gay people, maybe you don’t agree, we all know that God doesn’t make mistakes, so there must be something.”
Goldberg, who has repeatedly supported abortion on his popular talk show The View, explained that much of his support for Francis stems from his attitude towards homosexuality and divorced and remarried people.
“He says we have to love everyone,” Goldberg said of Francis, adding that Francis’ position is that a person’s sexual behavior is “frankly,” “none of your business.”
The immutable teaching of the Catholic Church is that homosexual acts are intrinsically evil and contrary to both divine and natural law.
But while the Catholic Church’s perennial teachings on human sexuality remain unchanged and immutable, Francis has effectively undermined or obscured these truths through what many see as ambiguous or outright heretical statements.
In fact, in the days preceding the start of the Synod on synodality, on October 4, Francis made a series of statements that seemed to directly contradict what the Catholic Church has always taught.
In one instance, Francis and Cardinal Victor Fernández responded to a series of dubia questions posed by concerned cardinals, confirming that Francis’ 2016 apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia does indeed allow divorced and “remarried” people to receive Holy Communion, a proposal condemned by the Church.
Around the same time, Francis also seemed to imply that it was up to the discretion of individual members of the clergy whether or not to “bless” same-sex unions, despite the Church consistently teaching not only that such “blessings” are prohibited, but that such blessings are actually theologically impossible since God cannot bless sin.
As for Goldberg, he has a history of attacking the Catholic faith’s condemnation of abortion and has even publicly castigated individual prelates who attempt to uphold the Church’s pro-life ethos.
In 2022, after Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco banned U.S. Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi from receiving Holy Communion for her continued public promotion of abortion, Goldberg took to The View to criticize the archbishop, saying that It is “not” his “job” to make such decisions.
“This is not your job, man… it’s not your decision to make,” he said.
In 2016, Goldberg even celebrated the indictment of pro-life investigators in Texas who were attempting to expose the barbaric practices of abortion giant Planned Parenthood, saying she was “thrilled” that they were “getting their back.”
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