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Pope Francis Failed To Condemn Abortion And Homosexuality While In US

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The greatest want of the world is the want of men,–men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.–Education, p. 57.

During his historic speech at a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday, Pope Francis hit upon a variety of issues that have defined the Catholic church: protecting the environment, helping the poor, addressing the plight of immigrants, abolishing the death penalty and taking a stand against the proliferation of the weapons trade, to name a few.

Yet, while the pope had strong words on many of these causes, he glossed over two other topics that American bishops have strongly lobbied against in recent years: abortion and same-sex marriage. In fact, he did not even mention them by name.

In his wide-ranging 3,404-word address praising the democratic mission of Congress and the spirit of the American people — touching upon Martin Luther King Jr., Abraham Lincoln, Dorothy Day and Thomas Merton — the pope called for action to protect refugees, eliminate capital punishment and stop war, yet used a mere 21 words to allude to abortion and only 54 to touch vaguely upon the fact that same-sex marriage is now legal across the United States.

On abortion, the pope’s comments were tucked into a larger discussion on the the Golden Rule, which “reminds us of our responsibility to protect and defend human life at every stage of its development.” But he did not say the word “abortion.”

On marriage, the pope had a few more words. “I cannot hide my concern for the family, which is threatened, perhaps as never before, from within and without. Fundamental relationships are being called into question, as is the very basis of marriage and the family. I can only reiterate the importance and, above all, the richness and the beauty of family life.”

Yet, Francis, who was notably the first pope to use the word “gay” — as he did during his famed “Who I am to judge?” interview — and who has been praised and criticized by LGBT activists for his words on the spirituality of gay people, did not explicitly mention same-sex marriage.

Pope Francis said that promoting life and family were the major reason he came to America this week. Yet, disappointingly, the pope did not mention abortion by name in his address to Congress,” said John-Henry Westen, the editor-in-chief of LifeSiteNews.

“We have to find a new balance,” the pope said at the time. “Otherwise, even the moral edifice of the church is likely to fall like a house of cards, losing the freshness and fragrance of the Gospel.”

Does this balance, pray tell include compromising the bible and watering down the gospel to make the church very inclusive?

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