WHY do you think Francis was "silent"?...I think he was "silent" on the Irish abortion vote because he is trying to be PC and court the secular leftwing world leaders for his own political clout....as a JESUIT he is politically savy and picking his battles that best extend his own power on the world stage on a planet that is ever increasingly hostile towards the God of the Bible....rather than spreading the Gospel...and all the world wondered after the beast. Revelation 13:3....In other words what Francis is doing is taking the view as to relating to the lost world--IF YOU CAN'T BEAT 'EM-JOIN 'EM...
"While the world reeled at the alleged comments Pope Francis recently made on homosexuality, it also noticed the pontiff’s deafening silence on Ireland’s now-lost abortion referendum.
"While the world reeled at the alleged comments Pope Francis recently made on homosexuality, it also noticed the pontiff’s deafening silence on Ireland’s now-lost abortion referendum.
Pope Francis allegedly told a male victim of priestly sex abuse that God “made” him gay and that’s “okay,” which made headlines around the world. The Vatican press office wouldn’t confirm or deny the comment.
Many have noted the Catholic Church’s minimal role in the campaign to save the pro-life Eighth Amendment, partly because the homosexual sex abuse crisis was so bad in Ireland that it shattered the Church’s credibility. However, despite the pontiff’s “progressive” reputation, his opinion nevertheless may have been of some help to the pro-life side as it tried to win over voters.
Ireland is “clearly part of Europe’s secular sprint out of the Roman Catholic fold,” the New York Times observed.
“Across Western Europe, the church’s once mighty footprint has faded, in no small measure because
of self-inflicted clerical sex abuse scandals and an inability to keep up with and reach contemporary Catholics,” it continued. “Church attendance has plummeted, parishes are merging, and new priests and nuns are in short supply. Gay marriage is on the rise, and abortion is widely legal.”
“And yet, Francis is not sounding the alarm or calling the faithful to the ramparts,” the Times went on. “He seems resigned to accept that a devout and Catholic Europe has largely slipped into the church’s past...If the landslide vote in Ireland bothered Francis, he didn’t show it on Sunday afternoon.” Lifesite