In his global message for World Day of Peace, which takes place on Jan. 1, Pope Benedict XVI will use the opportunity to condemn same-sex marriage, which he calls a “serious harm to justice and peace.”
Pope Benedict XVI
The pontiff warns that any efforts to allow gays and lesbians to wed will “actually harm and help to destabilize marriage,” according to the text of the speech, which has been released by the Vatican.
“There is also a need to acknowledge and promote the natural structure of marriage as the union of a man and a woman in the face of attempts to make it juridically equivalent to radically different types of union; such attempts actually harm and help to destabilize marriage, obscuring its specific nature and its indispensable role in society.
“These principles are not truths of faith, nor are they simply a corollary of the right to religious freedom. They are inscribed in human nature itself, accessible to reason and thus common to all humanity. The Church’s efforts to promote them are not therefore confessional in character, but addressed to all people, whatever their religious affiliation. Efforts of this kind are all the more necessary the more these principles are denied or misunderstood, since this constitutes an offence against the truth of the human person, with serious harm to justice and peace.”
Earlier this year, Benedict called same-sex marriage a threat to “human dignity and the future of humanity itself,” and said that a weakened appreciation for “traditional marriage” has led to “grave social problems bearing an immense human and economic cost.”
Activists, angered by the Pope’s remarks, held a small protest in St. Peter’s Square during the pontiff’s weekly address on Sunday.
The Roman Catholic Church, which has approximately 1.3 billion members worldwide, teaches that homosexual acts are sinful, and that children should grow up in a “traditional” family with a mother and a father.
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these Popes really need to get with the times and promote universal acceptance.
Quite a peaceful message. Just take a geritol and sit on your “throne”!!
in tge world day of peace huh?
Not my pope.
Betch
lololol because marriage is SO stable now xD
Without commenting on Catholicism or Catholics, I think that Ratzinger is behaving like an ass.
For someone with so much power and followers he sure is a close minded ignorant person……
You must first understand intimacy (on all levels not just sex) in order to understand why the Pope has no business speaking of marital matters. just my opinion
50% failure rate….totally stable.
Wow, I almost called the pope a “c*nt”…right here on your page, no less. I refrained, however, because I’m a gentleman…
oh who cares? I condemn the Vatican.
Said the man in the dress and matching hat
he condems love for a peace message?? even though catholics came out and said homosexuality was not in thier bible and to follow holy ghost/holy spirit for love. pope may need prayers to know god more. know god if you know love
Evil incarnate
wow what a nazi
I condem the pope!!!
condemns same-sex consensual relations yet covers up sexual abuse in the rank and file smh
Well there’s a surprise! Its ok to bugger little boys, but when 2 adults want to commit to a loving relationship, ohhhhhhh no! Just look at his eyes evil!
tHE POOPE CAN KISS MY ASS
Oh, did he learn to hate gays in the Hitler youth or from closeted self hating priests when he joined the Church?
Meh, he’s just doing his job. Besides, honestly, what does he know?
Yes LGBT communities worldwide are waging wars based on their beliefs. Oh wait no that’s religion. LGBT people are molesting and killing children and covering it up. Oh wait no that’s still religion.
pffffffft !
Ass
What the heck…the peace of the Lord be with you and by the way, to hell with these “other people” expressing their joy and love not only for God but for each other! The pope speaks to the wind….
Because gay people you’ll never meet getting married is the great problem facing the world–not the tremendous human suffering and death inflicted throughout the world on human beings dying of war, famine, drought, and disease. Nope–it’s homosexual couples being given the same legal rights to be married and happy (or miserable as the case may be) that’s the big concern.
The Pope, a moral leader–what a joke!
If I met ANYONE on the street with a look like that on their face I would run screaming! He look scary as hell.
The Face if Evil.
who cares he’s a nazi
The pope looks so evil… :/
The last pope was a lovely man though
of course he will condemn it, he cant marry the boys he molests!
so peaceful…. -_- in his head maybe…
evil looking bastard
It’s okay, he’s already condemned himself. Soon he’ll be revealed. What an ass – and how silly it is that folks thinks he knows better than anyone else.
He looks possessed like in the excercism(spelledwrong) movies
he really does look very EVIL
He looks so evil.
Give it a few decades, this religion is dying anyways and nobody will want to take the Pope’s place. It’s how much I “care” about this “faith”.
I thought violence, war, famine, global climate change, and intolerance of others were some of the top barriers for peace. Damn us gay people for wanting marriage and equality! :/ Same old song and dance from a despicable person.
what the heck?? is he posessed? he looks so evil
But pedophilia will never be condemn will it? Looks like the Vatican is a safe heaven for child molesters! Way to go Pope
Shawna: He is evil, just like the church he leads.
As though I give a rat’s ass what he thinks.
Instead of condemning the needless deaths of the world’s children through war, famine, drought- he focuses on gay marriage, like gay marriage hurts society. Truly do not understand the hate he spreads
What a nice way to commemorate Peace.
The pope is the devil! what a pompous ass!!!
One of the leading assholes of our day.
I really don’t give a damn what he thinks!!! I will live my life, & not listen to a human being on my choice to LUV women:)
Who the f**k asked him? Let him join the Westboro Baptist Church if he wants to be a hater!
Time to silence this motherfucker!! Gag the pope!!! Impose a people’s international gag order!!
a truly sad waste of life this man is
Who elected a the gremlin for pope?
What do you expect from a bigot!
Is this the same dude that also got so many people thinking that the world was gonna end?
You cannot promote peace when you live with hate in your life! Even the smallest hate is a seed of cancer! Every good thing the pope has ever been is null an void because he feels any kind of hate towards “gods children”! Sad very sad!
But not the mass murder of children by gun violence?
Nowhere in the bible does it say that one should shove their beliefs on another person
What an uneducated prick child molester
Oh have to totally agree, some of the pictures of this guy are totally freaky… I’d be scared if I saw him walking down the street. Worse choice ever for the church, wonder how many have left since he took the top spot, oh wait, he just acts like he’s top dog.
And what does same sex marriage have to do with world peace. That hat is too tight on his head.
Condemns gay marriage before he’ll condemn pedophilia in his church…this pope is an ass hat.
i don’t feel like dealing with this anymore.
he is an idiot anyway so who cares what he says or thinks! These type of Evil men are always near.
this is totally unacceptable. no wander I refuse to go to church anymore.
I must say i have just finiished reading all of the pope’s speech. i am sure whoever wrote this report did not. It is very easy to quote one or two phrases out of context in someones writing and then report whatever you like. This Peace message certainly contained so much more than what this link has led you to believe. If anyone is truly interested in the Pope’s World Day of Peace Message, I would advise you to read all of it the way it is intended, not just a few words from it that someone else put together.
Evil nazi drag queen
Blah,blah,blah…its the same old song with these nits, now isn’t it?
Yet allows the molestation of many young children. Ridiculous!
He should condemn his own Pedophile enabling church! They’ve done and keep doing more damage than any gay people who are simply living their lives openly. So fuck him and his homophobic religion!
Now that promoting peace! (Insert sarcasm)
Way to go hypocrite!
wasn’t aware that condemnation and hate equate “peace.” But, I’ve always been bad at math.
Condemns same sex marriage but hides all the sicko child molesters??
couldnt have said it better ^^
consider the source. old nazi leader as head of the dying roman empire remnants, dressed in robes, and promoting boy molestation.
Fuck off you fucking asshole also the Catholic Church did not write the bible. Quit spreading you lies.
Coming from the man in a dress and flaming purse.
Ain’t nobody got time for his mess. Lol
What a snake he is.
Ah, blow it out your mitre.
what if i want to condem the pope for being an unjustified IDIOT
condemning someone is not peace … it is hatred … and not Godlike in any way shape or form …. he will see his error in his ways one day …. No David Keddle they didn’t write the Bible … it was written by man and every religion has twisted it to fit their beliefs and how they want it to seen and believed in … and yes I am catholic was baptist before that …. but I put no faith in any organized church or religion.
The pope is a wounded animal …. Losingnpower and less and less people are listening to him.
he looks evil in this pic. I mean really evil.
Well, I condemn the pope. :p
This country is moving forward. The catholic church can move
with us or fade away.
hate the papacy but love the pope?
A message of hate on world peace day? This freak is an oxymoron.
Hey Poop, how does it feel to know that no matter what you say, no matter what you do, you can’t even slow the process toward equality let alone stop it?
Lol, says the germ!
Irrelevant.
I condemn the molester pope
I would love to shove a dildo up his ass with no lube.
Randy by the look he’s giving in this picture looks like he already has one shoved all the way up.
He looks like satan himself.
he was part of hitlers nazi youth party …. yikes !
Looser
nazi youth party
Booooooooo!!! Religious sadist’s. The opposite of love is not hate its fear. People like that are weak.
He looks really scary…
Worry about your molester clan and we’ll worry about US! One LOVE!!!
F*%K the POOP!!!!
I am one to not judge people! I’ve been raised catholic, and it’s so interesting to me that the religion I know (the only one I know) is so hurtful w/their remarks. What does gay marriage have anything to do with world peace? That doesn’t make any sense to me. Why should I, the pope, my neighbor, or you, tell somebody else they CANNOT marry somebody? It’s not our place! But it’s also interesting to me that my religion that hates gays, has had homosexual pedophiles as priests. Now how can you go around saying gay marriage is bad yet here you are partaking in gay sexual activities. :/ No sense!
Spoken by Amanda in a dress who lives only with men!!!!
Dump the leadership of the Catholic Church!! Catholics deserve better…
However, he BLESSES Uganda for committing murder of GLTB people?! So Christian of him…
of all thecrap going on we need to bitch about people being married what ever
The pope probably had knowledge of the assassination of pope john paul 1 and did nothing to stop it.
A
My chance to condemn, he just wants to feel free of all the closeted priest who molest children, someone spike his wine!!!
Yeah, what about all the ugly divorces that happen between men and women? Is that a step towards peace? Why doesn’t he mention that?
fuck this old ass
My message to the “poop”… It’s your Hell, YOU Burn in it!!
Is this a picture from Star Wars IIV? Did they bring Emperor Palpotine? I read the article the picture is freaking creepy.
So is molesting little boys but I don’t hear him condemning that.
But it’s okay for the sexual abuse done by priests that the Vatican covers up.
Shame!
Oh the irony!!! A former Nazi thinks he’s the authority on how to make the world a more peaceful place.
DB!
How can you take anyone seriously who wears a hat as f*cked up as that!
Biggest hypocrites are the narrowest minded.
Where did Christ say this nonsense???
Devilish eyes
And this coming from a man who runs around in a lace dress half the time? Oh Dear!
someone’s hat is too big while his heart is too small. The first empire to go down should be theirs.
World Day of Peace and he’s condoning hate. As an ex catholic I unfortunately understand the irony and double standard all too well.
Nazi !
Damn that is one evil-looking, scary sonofabitch.
Miserable Bastard! Every member of the Catholic Clergy needs to get laid!
The False Prophet is trying to be relevant…