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Illinois Bishop Plans Gay-marriage Exorcism by twosquare(m): 4:01am On Nov 16, 2013
According to a Catholic bishop in Springfield,
Illinois, Satan was behind his state’s recent
legalization of same-sex marriage.
So, next Wednesday, at about the same time
Gov. Pat Quinn signs the gay marriage bill into
law, Bishop Thomas Paprocki will hold an
exorcism ceremony “in reparation for the sin of
same-sex marriage.”

Paprocki, who’s something of an expert on
exorcism, says he’s just following the Pope’s
marching orders.

When Pope Francis, then Cardinal Jorge
Bergoglio, was an archbishop in Argentina, he
called that country’s legalization of same-sex
marriage “a ‘move’ of the father of lies who
wishes to confuse and deceive the children of
God.”

In a statement released on Thursday, Paprocki
said: “The pope’s reference to the ‘father of lies’
comes from the Gospel of John, where Jesus
refers to the devil as ‘a liar and the father of
lies.’ So Pope Francis is saying that same-sex
‘marriage’ comes from the devil and should be
condemned as such.”

Since his election as Pope in March, Francis
seems to have taken a less combative approach
to homosexuality. At a news conference in July,
for example, he said “Who am I to judge?” a gay
person who seeks to be a good person.
Illinois politicians — including Catholics — cited
the Pope’s words when explaining their support
for the state’s same-sex marriage bill.
In September, the Pope said the church has no
right to “interfere spiritually” in the lives of gays
and lesbians and chided Catholics who “obsess”
about fighting culture war issues like abortion
and same-sex marriage.

Pope Francis: Church can’t ‘interfere’ with gays

But Paprocki calls same-sex marriage “contrary
to the plan of God” and says all Catholics who
support it — from legislators to county clerks
who issue marriage licenses — are “culpable of
serious sin.”
The bishop has invited priests and lay Catholics
to his exorcism ceremony, officially called
““Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in
Reparation for the Sin of Same-Sex Marriage,”
which is scheduled for November 20 at the
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in
Springfield, Illinois.

Paprocki says the ceremony will follow the
Catholic Church’s Rite of Exorcism, which
explains that Satan not only possesses people,
he can also invade places and things, including
the church itself.
“We must pray for deliverance from this evil
which has penetrated our state and our church,”
Paprocki said.
Exorcism is experiencing something of a
renaissance in the United States, with the
Catholic bishops recruiting dozens of priests to
perform the ancient rite. Paprocki is among the
bishops leading the recruiting drive.

[url][/url]http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/11/15/illinois-bishop-plans-gay-marriage-exorcism/?sr=fb111513exorcism11p

Re: Illinois Bishop Plans Gay-marriage Exorcism by SeedofOnan(m): 6:23am On Nov 16, 2013
Mathew 18:6
But who so shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

This why the educated youth are fleeing the church in droves. I hope Pope Francis ex-communicates this fool for Christ's sake

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/uganda-gays-american-evangelicals-LGBT
Re: Illinois Bishop Plans Gay-marriage Exorcism by Nobody: 7:35am On Nov 16, 2013
Seed of Onan: Mathew 18:6
But who so shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

This why the educated youth are fleeing the church in droves. I hope Pope Francis ex-communicates this fool for Christ's sake

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/rights/uganda-gays-american-evangelicals-LGBT

The bishop is right.Homosexuality is not allowed in catholicism nor christianity as a whole!! BTW which youths are fleeing?

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