Rorate Caeli is reporting that Pope Leo met with Fr. James Martin SJ at the Vatican this morning.
This is how Fr. Martin described his meeting:
Dear friends: I was honored and grateful to meet with the Holy Father this morning in an audience in the Apostolic Palace, and moved to hear the same message I heard from Pope Francis on LGBTQ Catholics, which is one of openness and welcome. I found Pope Leo to be serene, joyful, and encouraging. For me, it was a deeply consoling meeting. Please pray for the Holy Father! (source)
By saying Fr. Martin heard the same thing from Pope Leo as he did from Pope Francis, I hope that Pope Leo reiterated in no uncertain terms what Pope Francis told Nora O’Donnell of CBS’s 60 Minutes.
I hope too, Pope Leo reiterated what Pope Francis has stated (in defense of his novel FS) to Fr. Martin that in no way should these blessings be formal or arranged ahead of time, to be photographed and distributed worldwide, as Fr. Martin did immediately after FD. And that these are casual blessings for the individuals, not their union, not a formal or casual recognition of their illicit sex or disordered sex of any kind.
The video is cut short when O'Donnell asks the pope about "Who am I to judge" comment, where she says it isn't a crime to be a homosexual. We don’t hear the full answer of the pope, when he says “no.”
In fact, homosexuality is a crime in some countries and it used to be in some states of the USA. It is no longer considered a crime in any state of the USA as far as I know, but it is in Muslim and some African countries. It is in fact a crime there.
She should have said, “being a homosexual isn’t a sin (rather than crime). And that would be correct as the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches clearly.
It is sex outside of a licit marriage that is a sin, be it adultery, fornication and those disordered sexual sins that cry to heaven for vengeance. Even masturbation is considered seriously sinful in the catechism. I wonder if there are any Catholic groups promoting masturbation and asking for that to be blessed?
Of course sinners can be blessed. If Jeffry Dahmer asked me to bless him in a sincere way, I would offer that blessing to him as a part of my prison ministry and he could attend Mass and if he had been a Catholic, gone to confession, repenting of his serial murders, some quite disordered to say the least, he could also receive Holy Communion at my prison Masses.
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Meanwhile…
https://mycharisma.com/news/vatican-includes-lgbtq-pilgrimage-and-rainbow-crucifix-in-2025-jubilee-celebrations/
Later that evening, a prayer vigil will be held in Rome’s Church of the Gesù with LGBTQ Christians, their parents, and other participants. The Vatican noted that “during the vigil, a rainbow cross will be presented, which was brought to Rome by a group of LGBTQ pilgrims and their parents.”
Of course, we’ll have to wait and see what actually occurs. Perhaps this morning’s meeting between Pope Leo and Fr. Martin was to deal with any ideological manipulations of Pope Leo by Fr. Martin and the LGBTQ+++ groups going into the Vatican and at the Gesu. I think Pope Leo is quite savvy about him being ideologically manipulated or being duped by anyone for non-Catholic purposes.
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