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Jesuit Father James Martin, who Pope Francis recently made a consultant to the Vatican, said on  Good Morning America  that he likes the "born this way" message of Lady Gaga .  The song " Born This Way " is widely used as an anthem for the LGBT lobby. It features lyrics like "No matter gay, straight, or bi / Lesbian , transgendered life / I'm on the right track baby / I was born to survive" and "a different lover is not a sin." "I was born this way" is repeated about 30 times throughout the song. "In your book Building a Bridge, you start with this psalm: 'You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made,'" ABC's Dan Harris said to Martin. "Some of my colleagues here at GMA noticed there's some similarity here to Lady Gaga's 'Born This Way.'" "I think she got it from the psalm, probably not the other way around…A li

The Jesuit priest recently  given an influential Vatican post  thinks the Church’s language in regard to homosexual acts needs to be changed. Father James Martin , editor-at-large of the Jesuit-run  America  magazine, said the Catechism of the Catholic Church ’s use of the term intrinsically disordered in regard to homosexual acts is “needlessly hurtful.” He offered “differently ordered”  as preferable, because it could express the concept “more pastorally.” Asked whether he affirmed and agreed with the Catechism’s “teaching or language” that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered, Father Martin replied that he is not a theologian, but he “would say  some of the language used in the Catechism on that topic needs to be updated, given what we know now about homosexuality.” His response did not clarify what understanding of homosexuality he referred to, or when or how it came about. Father Martin  is a prolific public supporter of LGBT issues who is very vocal on soc

Cardinal Sarah, prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , issues both a stunning admonishment and an impassioned plea to his fellow bishops and priests in his foreward to  Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay .    He first delivers a strong rebuke calling attention to the fact that the Church teaches “ ... things in the Catechism about homosexuality that some members of the clergy choose not to quote, including the clear warning: ‘under no circumstances can [homosexual acts] be approved’ (CCC 2357). The respect and sensitivity to which the Catechism rightly calls us does not give us permission to deprive men and women who experience SSA (same-sex attraction) of the fullness of the Gospel. To omit the ‘hard sayings’ of Christ and his Church is not charity.” His warning about withholding the Gospel from those who deal with SSA comes at a critical moment in the life of the Church with the publication of Fr. James Martin’s new pro- L