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Monday January 31, 2005
Prime Minister’s “Catholic” Pastor in Support of Gay Marriage Agenda
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LASALLE, January 31, 2005 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Today’s Globe and Mail reports that while Prime Minister Martin campaigns for homosexual ‘marriage’ abroad, the priest at the Catholic parish he occasionally attends in his Montreal riding is lending all possible support to the homosexual agenda. Martin is often called a ‘devout Catholic’ by the press and the Globe reports that he “struggled with his faith before embracing the idea of extending marriage rights to gays.”
Fr. John Walsh, the “administrator” – known in Catholic circles as a ‘pastor’ –of the ‘Christian Community’ of St. Jean de Brebeuf, was quoted by the Globe as saying, “People aren’t less human being because they’re born gay. I open my heart and my church to them. We have to find a way so that these people never feel rejected.”
According to the paper, the Catholic priest "believes the Catholic Church has to open its arms to gays and lesbians, and that all he is being asked to do is to respect civil gay marriage."
Fr. Walsh could not be reached for comment by presstime, however, some of his homilies are posted to the Christian Community’s website and illustrate his animosity to the teachings of the Catholic faith. In a homily given on January 1st 2005, the Catholic Church’s Feast of Mary the Mother of God, Fr. Walsh called the Catholic doctrines about the Virgin Mary ‘unreasonable.”
After misquoting the Bible and misrepresenting the Marian dogmas as expressions of political oppression of women, Fr. Walsh concludes that devotion to Mary “as a model for women, an image that no woman was able to emulate or copy.”
Many pro-life, pro-family leaders have said that one of the greatest obstacles to their efforts is the abandonment of Christianity by religious leaders. Jim Hughes, National President of Campaign Life Coalition Canada commented on Fr. Walsh saying, "He is a very confused priest, hopefully he's just young and doesn't know any better, I would call on his bishop to send him to catechism classes."
Read Fr. Walsh’s homily on the Feast of the Mother of God
http://www3.sympatico.ca/johnbrebeuf/jan0105.html
Contact Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte
(514) 931-7311
(514) 931-3432 Fax
2000, rue Sherbrooke ouest
Montréal (Québec)
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