Cardinal Danneels welcomes civil gay marriage and tells French Catholics to stop protests
Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the former Archbishop of Brussels, has given an interview to Dutch and French newspapers during which he welcomed the State legalizing civil gay ‘marriages’ and advised French Catholics to stop protesting against the recent legalization of gay marriages. In the past Cardinal Danneels has publicly supported the use of condoms and supported the use of an explicit sex curriculum in Catholic schools that taught children how to masturbate and try out homosexual acts.
Cardinal Danneels, who was eligible to vote during the last Conclave, said:
‘“I think it’s a positive development that states are free to open up civil marriage for gays if they want,” the cardinal told the Dutch language newspaper De Tijd, even as he said he thinks such unions should be given a different name than marriage.
In the eyes of the Church, he said, this is not “real marriage,” which is only that between a husband and wife. “But it’s legal,” he added, saying that “the church has nothing to say” about such laws.
According to Danneels the Church today has developed a more “nuanced,” position without being “fixated” on moral principles. “How can a man not identify with his orientation? I think there is a clear evolution in the thinking of the Church.”
Cardinal Danneels on the protests of French Catholics against gay marriage
The French language paper L’Echo, also quoted the cardinal saying that the French people should “obey the law” and not oppose “gay marriage.” France just recently passed a gay “marriage” law after a heated debate that saw hundreds of thousands of people take to the street in protest.
“We need to understand: The Church has never objected to the fact that there is a sort of ‘marriage’ between homosexuals – however we’re talking about a sort of marriage,” the cardinal said. “This is not the same as the true marriage between a man and a woman, so we need to find another word for the dictionary.”‘
-Protect the Pope comment: For years Cardinal Danneels has publicly dissented from the teachings of the Church, and has presided over the collapse of the Catholic Faith in Belgium, and the Holy See has done nothing to stop him. Cardinal Danneels has been able to act with total impunity, and has even voted during the last two Conclaves, because the Holy See has done nothing to stop him. Once an archbishop is made a cardinal it appears he is above the doctrine and discipline of the Church.
The New Evangelisation will come to nothing so long as the Holy See allows cardinals and bishops to publicly dissent from the Faith of the Catholic Church. It is to be earnestly hoped that at last in Pope Francis we have a shepherd who has got what it takes to challenge this debilitating dysfunction in the Church. For all their passion to defend and teach the Faith for some unfathomable reason neither Blessed John Paul II or Pope Benedict XVI were able to deal with the likes of Cardinal Danneels. Please God Pope Francis will act soon.
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