Pope Attacks Same-Sex Marriage While Speaking To One Million In Spain
Pope Benedict XVI attacked same-sex marriage as he spoke to a reported one to 1.5 million people at this weekend’s World Youth Day events in Spain. The speech was cut short by a dramatic thunderstorm.
“The Lord calls many people to marriage, in which a man and a woman, in becoming one flesh (cf. Gen 2:24), find fulfilment in a profound life of communion. It is a prospect that is both bright and demanding. It is a project for true love which is daily renewed and deepened by sharing joys and sorrows, one marked by complete self-giving. For this reason, to acknowledge the beauty and goodness of marriage is to realize that only a setting of fidelity and indissolubility, along with openness to God’s gift of life, is adequate to the grandeur and dignity of marital love,” said the Pope.
The Catholic News Agency reports:
“In some of the most extraordinary scenes witnessed at any recent Papal event, Pope Benedict XVI braved thunder, lighting and driving rain to tell young people to stay close to Christ as they make their way in life.”
“The storm? Wow. It was a blast,†said a very wet 17-year-old Matt Horn, originally from Florida, to CNA. He added: “I guess it’s a sign from God to wash away our sins and now that it’s cleared we’re clear of our sins for now – and hopefully that means that we’ll now listen to the Pope and be his children as the chant says.â€
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Video via The Vatican
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