Don’t let anyone deceive you in any way, for that day will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the man doomed to destruction.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 NIV
"Pope Francis has reportedly restored a defrocked priest — an openly gay theologian and LGBTQ advocate — to active ministry.
James Alison, an English priest and a one-time Dominican, alleges he received a phone call from Pope Francis on Sunday, July 2, 2017, that rescinded the suspension of his priestly faculties.
Alison was suspended from active ministry in the late 1990s, having been forbidden to preach, teach, hear confession or say Mass......Francis is making a political statement, not a theological one, in restoring Alison's status as a priest — despite references to the "Spirit of Jesus" and the use of quasi-religious language.
The Pope's restoration of Alison's priestly faculties were confirmed in these words: "I want you to walk with deep interior freedom, following the Spirit of Jesus."
The Pope added: "And I give you the power of the keys. Do you understand? I give you the power of the keys."
The theologian said he appealed to Francis to reactivate his ministry "as part of opening up wider ministerial possibilities in the Church for LGBT people to speak, preach, evangelize, in the first person, no longer bound by the dreaded 'they' of clerical dishonesty."
CatholicChurchMilitant
2 Thessalonians 2:3 NIV
"Pope Francis has reportedly restored a defrocked priest — an openly gay theologian and LGBTQ advocate — to active ministry.
James Alison, an English priest and a one-time Dominican, alleges he received a phone call from Pope Francis on Sunday, July 2, 2017, that rescinded the suspension of his priestly faculties.
Alison was suspended from active ministry in the late 1990s, having been forbidden to preach, teach, hear confession or say Mass......Francis is making a political statement, not a theological one, in restoring Alison's status as a priest — despite references to the "Spirit of Jesus" and the use of quasi-religious language.
The Pope's restoration of Alison's priestly faculties were confirmed in these words: "I want you to walk with deep interior freedom, following the Spirit of Jesus."
The Pope added: "And I give you the power of the keys. Do you understand? I give you the power of the keys."
The theologian said he appealed to Francis to reactivate his ministry "as part of opening up wider ministerial possibilities in the Church for LGBT people to speak, preach, evangelize, in the first person, no longer bound by the dreaded 'they' of clerical dishonesty."
CatholicChurchMilitant