Good day and welcome to the Tuesday, December the 19th, 2023 edition of the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins from the Denison Forum, narrating today's daily article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

When I saw the New York Times headline yesterday concerning the Pope's announcement,

my first thought was that the Pope has endorsed homosexual relationships.

Judging from the media reaction, many are making the same assumption.

When I read the actual Vatican announcement, I learned that the truth is much more complicated.

Nevertheless, my first impression is, I fear, the lasting impression this

news will leave with our secularized culture. At the outset, I want you to know that my response

does not express an anti-Catholic bias on my part. I have been privileged to know and serve alongside

many Catholic priests across my ministry, and am grateful for the many Catholic

readers of the Daily Article. Catholic writers and theologians continue to inform and enhance my

personal spiritual life, and I deeply appreciate the church's continued support for the sanctity of life.

Nonetheless, I believe the Vatican's announcement to be a foundational mistake with massive

cultural ramifications we need to understand through the lens of biblical truth. titled

Fidusia supplicans on the pastoral meaning of blessings, the declaration was submitted to Pope

Francis for his review and approved with his signature. It, quote,

remains firm on the traditional doctrine of the church about marriage, not allowing any type

of liturgical right or blessing similar to a liturgical right that can create confusion. In this way,

it's not changing in any way the church's perennial teaching on marriage."

In quote.

In fact, the document quotes Francis's definition of marriage as the

exclusive, stable, and indissoluble union between a man and a woman

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