Not grief-stricken.I can't begin to tell you with what relief I read Father Henry Fehren's statement about Pope John Paul Pope John Paul is the name of two Popes of the Roman Catholic Church:
A couple of people who know I am Catholic came up to me offering condolences when they heard of Pope John Pope John has been the papal name of twenty one popes of the Roman Catholic Church . It is the most common papal name.
The man did everything in his power to aggravate and to set back any dialogue between Rome and the gay world. I remember reading how appalled he was that the gay community in Italy was "desecrating" his Jubilee Year Jubilee year fiftieth year; liberty proclaimed for all inhabitants. [O.T.: Leviticus 25:8–13] See : Freedom by meeting just outside of Rome. I thought to myself, "What a small, small man." It was truly a breath of fresh air when I read Fehren's letter. I couldn't have expressed it better. "In what does his sanctity consist?" In his unabashed disdain for everything gay? In his reluctance to hear unorthodox views on birth control, women in the clergy, or any issue that didn't reflect his own myopic my·o·pi·a n. 1. A visual defect in which distant objects appear blurred because their images are focused in front of the retina rather than on it; nearsightedness. Also called short sight. 2. views? Truly Fehren was moved by the Spirit when he wrote that comment. I felt compelled to write and express my gratitude to you for publishing this particular letter. Name withheld Saint Clair Shores Saint Clair Shores, city (1990 pop. 68,107), Macomb co., SE Mich., a residential suburb adjacent to Detroit, on Lake St. Clair; settled 18th cent. by the French, inc. 1925. Manufactures include jewelry, metal products, and welding equipment. , Mich. |
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