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Pope Francis compares pushing gay agenda to ‘Hitler Youth’ indoctrination

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Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini in Munich, Germany, ca. 06/1940 (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) In comments at his Monday in-air interview that were totally ignored by the mainstream media, Pope Francis lamented the Western practice of imposing a homosexual agenda on other nations through foreign aid , which he called a form of “ ideological colonization” and compared to the Nazi propaganda machine. Asked by a reporter to explain the phrase “ideological colonization,” the pope gave an example from 1995 when, he says, a minister of education in a poor area was told she could have a loan for building schools so long as the schools used a book that taught “gender theory.” "She said yes, and also made them give another book, of a different orientation. And so she succeeded," he explained according to a transcript by America , the Jesuit magazine known as the English-language publisher of a  major papal interview  in 2013. "This is ideological colonization. They en...

Pope translation error: left out man and woman?

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English: Statue of Jesus Christ at Parish of the Sacred Heart of Lord of Jesus in Gdynia. Polski: Statua Jezusa Chrystusa na terenie Parafii Najświętszego Serca Pana Jezusa w Gdyni. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Just at first glance, and without looking it up on Google Translate , what is the difference between these two passages of a recent important Vatican document, the final “Relatio” from October’s Extraordinary Synod of Bishops ? “…confronto alla luce del Signore Gesù per discernere le vie con cui rinnovare la Chiesa e la società nel loro impegno per la famiglia fondata sul matrimonio tra uomo e donna.” and “…facing the situation, with an eye on the Lord Jesus , to discern how the Church and society can renew their commitment to the family .” A little pared down, perhaps? The official Italian original says, roughly, “…facing, in the light of the Lord Jesus, [how] to discern the ways in which to renew the Church and society in their commitment to the family  b...

BBC marks anniversary of King James Bible by claiming King David was gay

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Image via Wikipedia BBC Radio 4 has marked the 400th anniversary of the publication of the King James Bible by claiming that King David, the Jewish king of the Old Testament who slew the giant Philistine Goliath, was in the Bible’s “only gay relationship.” On a literary program, one of a series on the historic Bible translation , aired on Sunday, January 9th, playwright Howard Brenton claimed that David had been in love with Jonathan, the son of King Saul . Brenton said, “To a secular reader the story of David and Jonathan’s love is obviously homosexual, the only gay relationship in the Bible.” Brenton acknowledged that the idea is “controversial.”  The King James Bible, approved by King James I of England in 1611, is renowned even among non-Christians for the beauty of its 17th century English translation; it was the first Bible to be published in the English language . The King James was prepared by a team of 47 of the best Bible scholars of the day and remains one of the...