Is Pope Francis changing teaching on marriage and same-sex relationships?
by Ian Paul, Psephizo:
There was a flurry of both despair and excitement earlier this week, when Pope Francis answered questions raised by a group of five cardinals on a series of questions—about the nature of God’s revelation, the possibility of the ordination of women, the role and authority of bishops in relation to the pope, the relation of repentance and forgiveness, and the blessing of same-sex relationships. All of these look very interesting to me, especially the comment on the nature of God’s revelation and its interpretation. But of course UK commentators were only interested in one of these! And campaigners for change in the Church of England seized on this as a sign that (to quote Steve Chalke):
The tide of inclusion continues to roll in, and the sandcastle of resistance is further overwhelmed, as one by one those who represent the institutions who built it signal they have different ideas about the Church’s King Canute thinking.
Setting aside the misunderstanding of Canute, it is fascinating that Steve characterises the considered view of church catholic down the ages as a sandcastle. By contrast to Steve and others reacting to this ‘news’, we would do well to read exactly what Pope Francis has said, and put it in some sort of context.
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