. . .the problem with James Martin’s crusade is not just that he is leading young men & women astray with his statements about homosexuality. It is also that he gives aid & comfort to the enemies of both the Church & God’s precious children. . .
. . .“Unless proven otherwise, there is no reason to believe that homosexual priests are any less likely to keep their promises of celibacy than heterosexual ones,” wrote Father James Martin, a Jesuit journalist, in a November 2000 article in America magazine. That argument was central to the case in favor of ordaining men with homosexual impulses. . .
. . .Maddux: It’s reached a point for me where I am actually Happy when someone who is Christian or Republican Suffers. I didn’t use to be like that. But in the age of Trump, it is what it is. I really can no longer empathize. I just realized that if Rod got cancer tomorrow & passed, the dominant emotion I would feel would be happiness. Is this healthy? Probably not. But it is what it is, in the age of Trump. I wish you guys nothing but ill-will & when the Democrats control the levers of power again, I don’t want balance restored. I want vengeance for all the things you guys did while in power. . .
. . .now, at last, we know, too, that complaints had been lodged against the cardinal. These complaints, we are told, did not involve minors—& that’s all we are told about the complaints, apart from the fact that they were settled. But in light of those complaints, & in light of the many stories involving seminarians, it would be naïve to suggest that the cardinal has now been brought to disgrace because of a single, isolated incident. The seminarians may have been of legal age, but they were not a bishop’s equals. His position gave McCarrick the opportunity to recruit young men & to silence those who rejected his advances, & he abused a sacred trust. . .
. . .in A.D. 2015, Conroy participated in the “Owning Our Faith” video series produced by the Paulist Fathers. It was part of their “Out at St. Paul” LGBT ministry located at St. Paul the Apostle Church in New York City. In the series of YouTube videos, several members of Out at St. Paul are profiled as they share their views on homosexuality & the teachings of the Catholic Church. . .
. . .Donald Trump might refer to James Martin S.J. as “Slippery Jim.” He is certainly slippery. His latest act of slipperiness is a column he published this week at America Magazine wherein he claims to support the teaching of the Church on homosexuality. . .
Mark Shea wades into the recent controversy about Cardinal Marx’s suggestion that perhaps the Church may in certain individual cases come up with some sort of blessing to be applied to same-sex unions.
