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Traditional Catholic Faith => Crisis in the Church => Topic started by: Pepin on January 18, 2021, 11:26:54 AM
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https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/10/22/catholics-will-convert-to-orthodoxy-over-popes-lgbt-support-russian-church-predicts-a71828
Pope Francis’ endorsement of same-sex civil unions will lead the Catholic faithful to convert en masse to Orthodox Christianity and Protestantism, a senior Russian Orthodox Church official said Thursday.
Francis became the first pontiff to voice support for same-sex couples in a docuмentary that premiered in Rome on Wednesday. His stance marks a departure from the Vatican doctrine office’s 2003 docuмent opposing the “legal recognition of ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ unions.”
Roman Silantyev, the head of human rights at the Orthodox Church’s World Russian People’s Council, called Pope Francis’ comments “a strong step toward degradation.”
“People will run to the Orthodox and Protestants after that,” Silantyev told the Podyom news website. “This might cause some kind of split since many Catholics are quite conservative.”
His comments come amid Russia’s increasing embrace of conservative values, with persisting intolerance toward the LGBT community and criticism of the liberal West. A majority of Russians voted this summer in favor of constitutional changes which, in addition to allowing President Vladimir Putin to extend his rule, added language defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman to the Constitution.
Russia decriminalized ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity in 1993. Twenty years later, it banned “ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖ propaganda toward minors,” which activists say the authorities use to prevent them from displaying LGBT flags and holding gαy pride events.
Silantyev mocked Pope Francis’ comments on gαy civil unions, saying “perhaps people with those proclivities will get into priesthood… considering the rather massive nature of ɧoɱosɛҳųαƖity among the clergy there.”
Referencing the sex abuse scandals that have plagued the Catholic Church for over a decade, he told Podyom: “Since nothing is threatening them, they will use their status to seduce boys.”
“Our Church doesn’t compromise, that’s not its style, so to speak,” Silantyev said.
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“Our Church doesn’t compromise, that’s not its style, so to speak,” Silantyev said.
On the sodomite issue, the above may be true.
However, on the divorce issue, the EO compromised some time ago. The EO allow two divorces and re-marriages per EO adherent. And they allow artificial contraception. That's a compromise too.
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Bergolio is the best of the Vatican II popes, if he had been there from the beginning, there would have been far less damage before people had their eyes opened. JPII and B-16 are the worst because they could fool people. They reigned 35 years! (from 1978 to 2013)
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“People will run to the Orthodox and Protestants after that,” Silantyev told the Podyom news website.
What people will run? In Western Europe less than 5% of Catholics go to mass, in Brazil, the largest Catholic country, less than 7% go to mass. And practically all of the ones that go to mass are nominally Catholic, that means catholic in name only.
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“Our Church doesn’t compromise, that’s not its style, so to speak,” Silantyev said.
Says he who belongs to the sect that was completely compromised by the NKVD/KGB. So much so, it is literally a religious arm of the State today.
And the irony? This guy is probably more Marxist than Bergoglio... if that's even possible.
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In 1996 I attended the 30th Reunion of High School Graduate Class of 1966 a well know Catholic all Boys school operated by
the Salesian Bothers and Fathers.
The school was still orthodox even in 1966 despite the beginning turmoils from the aftermaths of Vatican 2.
Many that attended the reunion I knew from the first grade in parochial school. I could not find a practicing Catholic
among the bunch. One converted to evangelical protestant religion. All their kids attending public school if they
have any. Some have divorced and remarried.
The drift of nominal Catholics is drifting to agnosticism and them atheism. Just like many protestants and Jews.
I really doubt that their will be mass conversions of Catholics to the Eastern Orthodox Religion. A few Catholics that
retained the Faith will be divided among themselves from staying inside the Church to sedevacantism.