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Pope Benedict resigned because of powerful Vatcan Gay lobby; according to Italian paper
Topic Started: Feb 23 2013, 02:22 AM (294 Views)
Pat
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Anymore, nothing surprises me. I can care less if a bunch of guys in robes want to cornhole each other. I'm perplexed that the lay Catholics put up with all the hypocrisy. A feudal system of power. Most Catholics I know haven't stepped in a church in years, but millions of poor still do, being told to obey commandments that are ignored by clergy.



http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/21/pope-benedict-resigned-vatican-gay-lobby-paper-claims_n_2735642.html

Pope Benedict XVI Resigned Partly Because Of Powerful Vatican Gay Lobby, Italian Paper Claims

The Huffington Post | By Meredith Bennett-Smith Posted: 02/21/2013 6:09 pm EST | Updated: 02/22/2013 11:40 am EST

Was the pope under the influence of a secretive "gay lobby" within the Vatican itself?

That's the claim put forth by Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica.

On Thursday, the popular paper published an article alleging that Pope Benedict XVI's decision to resign this month was partly prompted by a report that accused Vatican officials of being under the influence of several internal lobbies, reportedly including a gay one.

The Irish Times reports that Benedict commissioned the report after the Vatileaks scandal broke last year. The report, written by a trio of cardinals, concluded that "various lobbies within the Holy See were consistently breaking" the sixth and seventh commandments, "thou shalt not commit adultery" and "thou shalt not steal."

(The sixth commandment referencing adultery has historically been tied to the Catholic Church's doctrine banning homosexuality.)

The nearly 300-page dossier would be passed on to pope's successor, the report added.

Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, released an arguably vague statement about the accusations.

"Neither the cardinals' commission nor I will make comments to confirm or deny the things that are said about this matter," he said, according to the Guardian. "Let each one assume his or her own responsibilities. We shall not be following up on the observations that are made about this."

The Guardian also reported that a separate Italian daily, Corriere della Sera, mentioned a "disturbing" dossier in an article published soon after the pope's resignation announcement.

Scandalous revelations involving the Vatican and gay sex have been published by La Repubblica before. In 2010, the newspaper revealed wiretaps and police documents that showed a Vatican chorister and an elite papal usher had been involved with a gay prostitutes ring. Both men were dismissed from their duties, the Telegraph notes.

La Repubblica's allegations are only the latest in a string of theories relating to the pope's sudden departure, which has prompted rampant speculation.

Benedict himself has further confused matters with his Ash Wednesday homily, in which he referenced vague internal "divisions."

“I am thinking in particular of the sins against the unity of the church, of the divisions in the body of the church," Benedict said, according to the Washington Post.
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Let them cornhole each other but leave the kids alone.
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Pat
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Yep.
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I don't know if the Italian source is accurate, but Pat's comment"

"I'm perplexed that the lay Catholics (and the law) put up with all the hypocrisy."

.. is one I've always wondered about.


How do they continue to get away with it? Penn State didn't... and that was just one pedophile that all but destroyed some innocent lives and brought an institution and an innocent football program to it's knees. Those people weren't simply transferred to a new area. They were brought before the world for all to see ... and judged.... and pay for the crime.
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I think there are lots of homosexuals in the priesthood. The men only club, with robes and rituals, I think it is appealing to gay men. But, many have trouble with the celibacy requirement.
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My wife was Catholic. She wanted for us to marry in her Catholic church. I reluctanly was going to do it, but her Priest, Father Good (I kid you not) refused to marry us because of her previous marriage. It pissed her off, so she took lessons and joined my United Presbyterian Church. Several years later Father Good called her and invited her back to the church because he found out that she married someone with "financial means". She told him to stuff it.
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Oh no not a "Presbyterian" and a united one at that. We have heard some rumors about that religion.
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He resigned because the facts are coming out that HE buried all the investigations
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Looks like we finally got rid of him, he flew off to a luxury retirement, a far cry from a remote parish for contemplation in his final years. Word now spreading he was a homosexual, not that it should surprise anybody.
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