Synod, Sexuality & Slight of Hand
The big story this weekend was that a CDF official, in a clear attempt to subvert the synod which opened on Sunday , announced: "My name is Krzysztof Charamsa. Monsignor Krzysztof Charamsa. I am a member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith...the second secretary of the International Theological Commission. I'm a theologian, philosopher; I lecture in bioethics at the Pontifical Gregorian University... I am gay" Counter Cultural Father offers his usual intelligent analysis of the flaws in Mgsr Charamsa’s thinking here . Fundamentally, it would seem clear that the Mgsr has fully bought into the secular delusion that his identity is somehow centred on his erotic desires. It was good to see that the Vatican , the CDF, his own Bishop (if your Polish is up to it) and Fr. Dariusz Oko , who was singled out for criticism by Mgr Charamsa, all quickly responded faithfully to Church teaching. Fr. Lombardi, Vatican spokesman, said on Oct. 3 t...