The New Year's Mass at St. Peter's Basilica. The 80-year-old pope, dressed in ornate white and gold vestment, waved and smiled from his studio window to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square.
In his speech Benedict returned to his favourite topic: Traditional family, marriage between a man and a woman.
"Mankind is a big family", and family is the "first and irreplaceable educator of peace," Benedict said.
The remarks were in line with a strong Vatican campaign under Benedict for the protection of the traditional family and against proposals to extend rights to gay couples or other unions outside traditional marriage.
Taking an aggressive position in two overwhelmingly Roman Catholic countries, the Vatican has decried attempts by Italy's center-left government to give legal status to de-facto couples and denounced the Spanish social government for passing legislation recognizing gay marriage and facilitating divorce.
"Whoever, even unknowingly, circumvents the institution of the family undermines peace in the entire community, national and international, since he weakens what is in effect the primary agency of peace,"
This is the Pope (without actually using the word Homosexual) accusing Gay people of undermining community, national and international peace. He, and therefore the Catholic Church, puts Gay people, us, up for grabs. Officially declaring us a valid, acceptable and desirable target in the fight for peace.
Just in case you didn't get the drift of the above:
The Catholic Church has just declared war on anyone who (whether they know it or not) does not support the traditional family as proscribed by the Catholic Church.
p.s. the Pope called his speech 'The Gift of Peace'
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