Comments for Misrepresenting Benedict’s Bravery at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 6 out of 6 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sat, 18 May 2013 10:42:16 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5412 Grump, Pope Benedict was not saying that it is less of a crime, rather it may indicate (and I believe I'm plagiarizing this next phrase) a flicker of conscience within the individual. Fr. Fessio has compared it to a group of muggers who use metal pipes to beat up their victims. One day, one of the muggers realizes that if they put padding on the pipes, though they are still robbing, they are not doing as much damage to the victims. I hope that has helped. God bless! - Marcus Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:29:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5401 Wonderful! This is exactly what I've been trying to impart to my friends for over a year now. You've summed up the truth very nicely but boy is it every unpopular and sometimes it is even labelled hate speech. - The Moz Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:37:25 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5400 Perhaps this is a poor analogy, but suggesting condom use in commission of sin is sort of like saying it's better to commit a robbery with an unloaded gun than a loaded gun. Crime is crime. The weapon just adds an enhancer to the penalty. What am I missing? - Grump Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:33:23 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5399 You write, "Benedict was driving, rather, at the possibility of interior awakening and transformation. Those who use condoms while engaging in homosexual activity may recognize the moral imperative not intentionally to inflict harm upon oneself or another. Benedict’s remarks, it seems, express a profound sense of hope that even the most dissolute person may perceive deep moral imperatives and forsake unhealthy lifestyles altogether." This is exactly right. You have hit the nail on the head, although I do not see how else his statements could reasonably interpreted. - Magister Christianus Thu, 02 Dec 2010 07:08:59 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5398 I have heard Dr. Fauci interviewed and he did express that in one-on-one interviews with homosexuals, they encourage them to: 1. reduce the number of partners,2. use protection. They do neither which is why his offices have been pushing for this new pill to reduce HIV/AIDS infection. The pill must be taken everyday, but homosexual men choose not to take them each day. Think of the former Governor of New Jersey (I am a gay American)ducking his State Police bodyguards in order to troll rest areas on the N.J. Turnpike for male sex. This is why the Church insists these men have "disordered personalities". - Bill Thu, 02 Dec 2010 03:02:07 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2010/misrepresenting-benedicts-bravery.html#comment-5397 It is imperative that Pope Benedict, Matthew Hanley, all those who struggle for that which is divine in human beings, be supported by fervent prayers and fasting of all people of good will. We have at times been asked to pray for "capital campaigns" after Masses but not, to my knowledge, for the light of the Holy Spirit to correct those who are engaged in the present campaign for sexual license, even meaninglessness. - Bangwell Putt Thu, 02 Dec 2010 01:47:56 +0100