Lest we forget the bawdy, blasphemous and x-rated funeral of Trannie Activist Cecilia Gentili.
“The aim is to discern, with God’s grace and the contribution of all, “what the Spirit is saying to the churches” (Rev. 2:7), listening for what is true and good by attending to questions that not just theoretical but emerge from the reality of lived experiences.”
James Martin, S.J. rolled out his breathless and fawning media statement in response to the newly released Synodal Study Group #9 regarding the issue of LGBTQ++ in the Church. Martin’s press release in Dignity’s Outreach newsletter entitled, “Vatican listens to LGBTQ people: A major step forward.”
What major step forward? For whom?
According to Fr. Martin,
“In its final report, released today, Study Group #9 of the Synod of Bishops, has published the testimonies of two gay men, as part of what they call “cases for listening.” As far as I know, this marks the first time that a Vatican report has included such detailed stories from LGBTQ Catholics.”
Martin continues:
“The report focuses mainly on the “methodology” by which the church can discern a way forward on “emerging issues.” That is, it asks: What is necessary for the church to discern the correct doctrinal, pastoral and ethical responses to emerging issues? One necessity, they write, is listening. As the Study Group writes in its executive summary, when it comes to the synodal way that the church has embarked on, a way supported by both Popes Francis and Leo XIV, “[T]he disposition to listen to the testimonies shared by the people with first-hand experience takes on particular importance.”
Note carefully the synodal linguistic jiu jitsu of “paradigm shift” deployed 18 times in the Report. Wave a magic synodal wand of “discernment” (used 55 times in the Report) and “listening” (used 28 times) and poof moral doctrines disappear into thin air. Martin and his oppressed cohorts, play the victim, as the aggrieved and persecuted class which is standard Marxist propaganda. The synod report shamelessly employs it:
We wish to highlight the following: the solitude, anguish, and stigma that accompany persons with same-sex attractions and their families, not only in society but also within the Church; this is often linked to the temptation to hide in a “double life.”
As the report posits, “[T]he experience of the synodal church demands that we listen to one another.” As if the world hasn’t been listening to the massive LGBTQ propaganda in the media, in the culture, and in the legal system for the last 60 years. This straw man argument is a head fake by synodal propagandists desperate to change moral teaching on sexual ethics.
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