Aggressive homosexual ideology silencing Christians: senior Cardinal
Image via WikipediaAn “aggressive ideology,” a behavioral theory of “complete debauchery,” is loose in the world, and appears to be winning against the traditional Christian culture of the west, said Cardinal Giacomo Biffi.
The cleric made the remarks in a book of memoirs, titled “The Inconvenient Memoirs,” which has been republished and launched today in Rome with an additional section on the dangers of the homosexualist ideology.
In these “shattered” times, the cardinal said, the new ideologies have resulted in an “intellectual blindness” and in the silencing of Christians who are intimidated by persecution by homosexuals and their ideological accomplices.
But in the end, the cardinal wrote, the Church will not be defeated: “We are with the Lord of History.”
The archbishop-emeritus of Bologna and dogmatic theologian is known to have been one of Joseph Ratzinger’s strongest supporters in the last conclave and was briefly considered a contender for the papal throne himself. Biffi was head of the Bolonga diocese from 1984 to 2003 and is one of the Church’s major “conservative” voices.
The ideology of homosexuality, he said, as often happens to ideologies when they become aggressive and are politically successful, “becomes a threat to our legitimate autonomy of thought: those who do not share it risk condemnation to a kind of cultural and social marginalization.”
“The attacks on freedom of thought start with language,” he wrote. “Those who do not resign themselves to accept ‘homophilia’ ... are charged with ‘homophobia’.”
“Is it still permitted ... to be faithful and consistent disciples of the teaching of Christ ... or must we prepare ourselves for a new form of persecution, promoted by homosexual activists, by their ideological accomplices, and even by those whose task it should be to defend the intellectual freedom of all, including Christians?”
The new sections of the book, in addition to dealing with the homosexulist ideology, examine the negative effects of the Second Vatican Council, the “challenge of chastity,” and the role of women.
