Pope approves gay marriage! ;)

A dose of good humor but would it not be great if the Bishop of Rome would indeed open his mind and his heart to the wondrous gifts gay people bring to the table of life? A missed opportunity to build a bridge. The more the Roman Catholic Church attempts to demonize the GLBT Communities, the greater the backlash from the vast majority of citizens, Catholic and non-Catholic! People are tired of hypocrites and right wing groups in the various Religions because their words may insite violence against this disenfranchised community. Words of homophobia, misogyny and ignorance do NOT excuse the various leaders of Religions from responsibility of violence against the GLBT Communities.The Pope is the first person we should take to task over his ignorance and homophobia. This humor however is healthy and it made me laugh hard. Thank you for the lighter side NCR.

I thought it was something hidden in that weird and recently published self-serving seewald interview, in which prophylactic usage among men was found the lesser of two evils, in an unusual and unexpected incident of moral relativism . . .

instead it is a brilliant piece, concluding: "an incident the Holy Father described as 'not even weird or anything.'"

The Notionally Catholic Reporter is to religious journalism as the Onion is to secular journalism...

This is a note from “The Garlic”, brother of “The Onion”

¿Did the father of Joseph of Nazareth check it out with the father of María of Nazareth before they made the marriage arrangement, just to make sure that neither one of those two kids were gay?

¿Gay people living in Nazareth? ¿Why not? Nazareth was a good slice of normal life in a village of poor people living in first century Palestine.

Suposedly the question today is moot regarding homosexuality as a natural (that is, a God-given) inclination.

That the sun revolved around the earth was also a moot question until good old Padrecito Nikolas Kopernikus published his theory, in 1543, shortly before his death, and so escaped being clouted by his local bishop.

That the earth spins on its axis was also a moot question until brave Galileo Galilei managed to evade condemnation by the “Santa Inquisition” and died a natural death in 1642.

That when sailing west you would eventually “drop off the edge of the earth” was a moot question until Christopher Columbus, sailing out of Europe, banged into the Caribbean Islands in 1492 and then stumbled upon little old Nicaragua in 1502.

Only in 1827 science debunked the mooted question that “the male” was the only substantial cause of new human life, and the female was a mere nest to nurture this new life during nine months.

Human slavery was a mooted question that until only rather recently was condemned by the Christian Church, nevertheless even as of today the “Vatican State” of the Roman Catholic Church has refused to sign the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

So for Gay People the moral is: just hang in there and eventually the Church will get around to declare that when Jesus said: “Whatever you do to the least of these little ones you do UNTO ME”, “these little ones” include everybody, Gays, Straights, goodies and badies, oldies and youngies, females and males of whatever color, race, culture or language. “OUR FATHER...THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN” which is the only reason for Jesus with us and the existence of the Church.

Justiniano de Managua

Desmond Tutu in his latest book has said -

"Equally, I cannot keep quiet while people are being penalized for something about which they can do nothing - their sexuality. To discriminate against our sisters and brothers who are lesbian or gay on grounds of their sexual orientation for me is as totally unacceptable and unjust as apartheid ever was."

Strong words for a Christian who has fought against apartheid.

What a heartwarming story. How beautiful it could be in our Church.

Why in the world is this printed in a Catholic magazine ??? And we wonder why vocations are disappearing and nobody believes in the Sacraments...our own papers make a mockery of the importance eternal truth.

So? Has the National Catholic Reporter reached the stage where it has to resort to Onion spoofs and other rubbish?

Just asking.

I'm a Protestant with highly loved and appreciated gay family members and friends. But none of them wants to get married to a same-sex loved one. They still believe strongly that a child needs both a mother and father in a hetero marriage blessed by God. Or even without his blessing. Like in natural law/theology etc. They know they are also loved by God but they have no obsession to change the God-given laws and human culture of the past (how many?) millenia

Your National Catholic Reporter holds weird ideas of a joke. If even intelligent gays and lesbians laugh at the forced manner of PC-ness displayed by this Catholic magazine it may be late in the day for you....

Oh well....

If and when this news is true I ,m sure no catholic will accept the supremacy of the successor of Peter and the Vatican will not be accepted by the rest of the catholic churches.

Even though this is satire, I do wish it was reality. There is no reason for acceptance in the long term. It can be reality in coming generations as more and more are open to same-gender marriages around the world, the stigma is falling away.

What is the purpose of your article quoting "The Onion"? I think it is diabolically charming, design to trivialize the issue.

You know well that it is impossible for the church to sanctify homosexuality.

I do not believe for an instant that the His Holiness,Benedict XVI, approves Gay Marriage.

THIS IS NOT AN OFFENSIVE ALARM TO ALL THE GAYS, LESBIANS, TRANSGENDER AND BISEXUAL PEOPLE.

I do believe that these people also do have a good heart and pleasing personality. But God said, Let no man acts and dress like woman. And let no woman acts or dress like man. I know, this may looks unfair for you, for us.

Yes, I was once a lesbian but I learned to turn back this wickedness as I realized the sin I was committing.

THERE WOULD NEVER BE A PROBLEM if there is no ORDER that this was, is, and will be - a SIN.

I know that LGBT people seek for love, understanding, acceptance and respect. But we should be asking ourselves first: "Is it going to be OUR WILL or GOD'S WILL?"

I pray for these people that they find happiness, in the arms of righteousness, purity and holiness - with GOD.

God does this world a perfect place.
And honestly, we are the ones making it worse.

He is coming to us already, He's on his way. Each and every day his signs of comeback is acknowledging itself to the people. May we not ignore this, repent and believe the Gospel.

There is more happiness than personal happines - IT IS THE SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS.
God bless this world.

All I can say its a disgrace of Roman Catholic society that Pope had changed his mind about it.God forgive all .....and even me who is not sin free if Im wrong.