There was a time when priests would lead a soul burdened by grave sin toward repentance, weeping alongside the penitent and pointing them to the Crucified. Today, certain priests lead those same souls toward platforms, podcasts, and applause.
In a recent episode of The Spiritual Life, Fr. James Martin praised Pete Buttigieg as a “model of freedom” for declaring that God helped him “come out” as a homosexual. “It’s great to hear you say that,” Martin replied, when Buttigieg claimed to have accepted “God’s love for him as a gay man.” Martin, ever careful to lace theological poison with pastoral sweetness, called the claim inspiring for those still trapped in what he portrayed as an outdated tension: between the love of God and the rejection of sodomy.
This is a new gospel: one in which divine revelation is subordinated to personal affirmation, and sin is rebranded as authenticity. That gospel now forms the pastoral norm within the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP): a group that, for all its pretenses of fidelity, continues its annual tradition of spiritual mutilation.
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We’re entering the world of make believe…we’re pretending that their sexual activity is not mortally sinful”… pic.twitter.com/EMAT7JDDwk— Michael Haynes 🇻🇦 (@MLJHaynes) June 26, 2025