8.58. Isn’t the Church today just being merciful and pastoral when it welcomes everyone, even those in irregular or LGBTQ situations?
Modern “Catholics” are taught that the Church must be a “field hospital,” welcoming all people with “mercy” regardless of lifestyle, choices, or repentance. This is especially applied to situations involving cohabitation, divorce and remarriage, homosexuality, and transgenderism. “Pope” Francis summed this up in his infamous 2013 quote: “Who am I to judge?” Since then, bishops and cardinals around the world have affirmed sin under the guise of accompaniment, and even blessed homosexual couples.
But the true Catholic Faith teaches that God is merciful only to the repentant. The Church must call sinners to conversion, not confirmation in sin. Mortal sins such as fornication, adultery, homosexual acts, and gender denial are condemned repeatedly in Scripture and Tradition. No one who lives in these sins unrepentantly can receive the sacraments, and affirming them is itself a grave sin.
Below is a comparison of Catholic moral doctrine vs. the Vatican II/Francis moral revolution.
| Category | Traditional Catholic Teaching | Vatican II / Francis Approach | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cohabitation | Grave sin of fornication; scandalous and offensive to God | “Not ideal,” but may show “true love” and values that should be affirmed | This replaces clear condemnation with subjective tolerance |
| Divorce & Remarriage | Adultery; those in this state cannot receive Holy Communion | Amoris Laetitia permits Communion after “discernment,” even without continence | This contradicts Christ’s words and prior magisterial teaching (*Familiaris Consortio*) |
| Homosexual Acts | Always intrinsically disordered and gravely sinful (Romans 1:26–27) | “God made you like this”; “Who am I to judge?”; sin seen as “identity” | Francis and his bishops affirm mortal sin under the banner of “love” |
| LGBTQ Ideology | Gender is biological and God-given; identity must conform to truth | “Trans people are children of God too”; focus on “inclusion” over conversion | Contradicts Genesis, natural law, and Catholic anthropology |
| Judgment of Sin | We must judge actions as good or evil, even while loving the sinner | “Who am I to judge?” becomes an excuse for silence and compromise | This phrase has become a slogan for **moral relativism** in the Church |
| Objective Truth | God’s law is objective and unchanging; sin is defined by divine law | Truth is “discerned” pastorally, case-by-case, based on conscience | This destroys universal moral law and opens the door to sacrilege |
| Reception of the Eucharist | Must be in a state of grace; no Communion for public sinners | Adulterers and fornicators may receive under “pastoral accompaniment” | This promotes **sacrilege**, condemned by Trent and Tradition |
| Pastoral Care | Calls sinners to repentance, conversion, and sanctifying grace | “Accompanies” people without demanding real change | This is false mercy: affirming sin rather than healing it |
| Fruits | Chastity, repentance, strong marriages, holy families | Scandal, broken families, moral collapse, destroyed vocations | “By their fruits you shall know them” (Matt. 7:16) |
Summary:
The Church of Christ does not affirm people in their sins—she lovingly calls them to repentance and conversion. Cohabitation, adultery, homosexuality, and gender ideology are not “pastoral situations” to be accompanied—they are mortal sins that must be renounced for salvation. Christ said:
“Go, and now sin no more.”
Francis’s “Who am I to judge?” philosophy is not mercy—it is cowardice, indifferentism, and betrayal. Under the guise of “accompaniment,” the Vatican II sect leads souls to persist in sin, profane the Eucharist, and lose their souls.
As Pope Pius XII said:
“The sin of the century is the loss of the sense of sin.”