Sore losers.
Oh, you thought they’d play by the rules. Nope. The German bishops put forth a document that would radically alter Church teaching on gender and sexuality. This is truly a radical document that would negate ALL of the Church’s teachings on sexuality and gender. While the vote got a majority to approve the document, it failed to obtain the required 2/3 majority to be adopted.
It was close.
But don’t worry. Since they’re not held down by the Church’s rules, they don’t care about any rules, it turns out. Now they’re saying that even though they lost they’re still presenting the document to the Vatican.
Liberal Catholic bishops in Germany failed to approve a document changing the Church’s teachings on sex and sexuality.
The 30-page document, entitled “Life in succeeding relationships – The principles of renewed sexual ethics,” was brought to a vote at a meeting of the German Bishops’ Conference’s “Synodal Way” in Frankfurt Thursday. The resolution to approve needed a two-thirds majority to be adopted, but it did not meet that threshold. The document would have radically reformed the Church’s teachings around same-sex relationships, gender identity, and masturbation, among others.
“We are convinced that it will not be possible to re-orientate pastoral care without re-defining the emphasis of the Church’s sexual teaching to a significant degree,” the preamble to the document stated. “This is why we are suggesting such a major re-emphasis, as we consider it urgently necessary to overcome some of the restrictions in questions of sexuality, for reasons of sexual science as well as theology. In particular, the teaching that sexual intercourse is only ethically legitimate in the context of a lawful marriage, and only with a permanent openness to the transmission of life, has caused a wide rift to open up between the Magisterium and the faithful. This threatens to completely obscure other important aspects of God’s Good News which could have a liberating effect on shaping dignified sexuality.”
A total of 33 bishops voted to approve the document; 21 voted against it. Three bishops abstained from voting, The Pillar reported.
The leaders of the conference expressed outrage at the result. Delegates took the floor for two hours after the vote concluded, blasting those who voted to disapprove, and claiming that the move would foment division in the Church.
Bishop Georg Bätzing, the president of the bishops’ conference, threatened to take the document to Pope Francis’ worldwide bishops’ synod in 2023, despite failing to approve it. “We will take it to the level of the universal church when we are in Rome in November for the ad limina visit when we go about preparing the World Synod with the continental bishops’ conferences in January,” he said, via Fox News.
In short, these people will stop at nothing. They hate the Church and wish to hollow it out but continue wearing its authority and wielding its power. If they had any integrity they’d leave the Church. Why don’t they? It’s because they have power and live comfortable lives. Why go get a job? Power and decadence has twisted many a soul. We are watching it happen within our Church. Sadly, this drama is prevalent throughout the Church.
Pray. Pray unceasingly for the Church to be protected from these vacant eyed sloths in magenta.
