“While Pope Francis has ignited some confusion amongst the laity with his public pronouncements on homosexuality (“Who am I to judge?”, which was his off-the-cuff response to a question about his advancement of a priest with known homosexual proclivities), he has on other occasions spoken against homosexuality in the priesthood, at least in a general way.”
“If talk is cheap, then this summit on sexual abuse is worth even less. After three days of talking, the official spokesmen for the summit went to great lengths to claim that homosexuality was not a concern while they deliberately dodged questions from reporters.”
“Like Bernardin before him, McCarrick’s legacy is alive and well and will survive long past his exit from the clerical state. It lives on in his brother bishops and cardinals.”
Brandmüller and Burke: “The plague of the homosexual agenda has been spread within the Church, promoted by organized networks and protected by a climate of complicity and a conspiracy of silence.”