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CNN International host Christiane Amanpour – whose show is simulcast now on PBS stations – lit into "homophobia" in the Catholic Church and all " Abrahamic faiths " in her Tuesday show. Her guest was Father James Martin, a controversial figure whose  book is touted  for showing "how the Rosary and the rainbow flag can peacefully meet one another." First, Amanpour and Fr. Martin discussed how Pope Francis is being attacked for being weak on clerical sex abuse – an odd topic considering Amanpour is airing on PBS due to Charlie Rose's "crusty paw" sex abuses. Then she turned to the "massive tsunami" of traditionalists raging against the "compassionate."  AMANPOUR: So, let's turn to your personal situation because you yourself have come across and come really almost to blows, verbally anyway, with the traditionalists in the church. You've written this book, Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Churc

The Bible ’s condemnation of homosexual acts should be taken in “context” with Biblical times, Jesuit Father James Martin  told   Georgetown University students recently. Martin said as well that Catholics who support gay “marriage” should have no problem considering themselves Catholic, despite having chosen to reject Church teaching. Martin inferred at his January 31  appearance  at the Jesuit school that the Bible’s negative pronouncements on homosexual acts – which are grounded in natural law – are like other Biblical declarations on topics such as the practice of charging interest on a loan. These pronouncements being made during a particular epoch renders them applicable in that given historical context, he said. Catholics should be invited to “understand the Bible,” he said, and to understand the Bible’s tradition of condemning homosexual acts “within the context of history.” A young woman had asked  Martin  how, given the repeated negative scriptural treatment