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Pope Francis, who says homosexual marriage is an
"attempt to destroy God's plan" and comes from "the
father of lies," Satan.
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I have written about bishops who actually know how to bishop, to shepherd their flocks. Bishop Tom Tobin, head of the Catholic
diocese of Providence, Rhode Island, is mist definitely one such shepherd. In
reaction to the U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling today that homosexual marriage
is a right, Bishop Tobin said "a thousand courts" may rule what they
want but gay marriage "is morally wrong" and a "rejection of
God's plan for the human family."
Quoting Pope Francis,
whose teaching has appeared here many times, Bishop Tobin further said that
homosexual marriage comes from "the father of lies," Satan, "who
seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."
"A thousand
courts may rule otherwise, but the very notion of 'same-sex marriage' is
morally wrong and a blatant rejection of God’s plan for the human family,"
said Bishop Tobin in a June 26 post on Facebook.
He continued, "As
Pope Francis taught while serving as Archbishop in Argentina: 'Same-sex
marriage is not simply a political struggle, but it is an attempt to destroy
God’s plan. It is a move of the ‘father of lies’ who seeks to confuse and
deceive the children of God.'"
"Despite the
current trends of our society, or perhaps because of them, the Church must
redouble its commitment to proclaim and defend authentic concepts of marriage
and family as we have received them from God," said Bishop bthe bishop. "We
will always do so, however, in a respectful, charitable and constructive
manner."
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