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 Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Illinois is planning an exorcism for the state after it approved gay marriage.
November 15th, 2013
10:10 AM ET
Illinois bishop plans gay-marriage exorcismBy Daniel Burke, Belief Blog Co-editor [twitter-follow screen_name='BurkeCNN'] (CNN) - The devil made them do it? According to a Catholic bishop in Springfield, Illinois, Satan was behind his state's recent legalization of same-sex marriage. So, next Wednesday, at about the same time Gov. Pat Quinn signs the gay marriage bill into law, Bishop Thomas Paprocki will hold an exorcism ceremony "in reparation for the sin of same-sex marriage." Paprocki, who's something of an expert on exorcism, says he's just following the Pope's marching orders. When Pope Francis, then Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, was an archbishop in Argentina, he called that country's legalization of same-sex marriage "a 'move' of the father of lies who wishes to confuse and deceive the children of God." In a statement released on Thursday, Paprocki said: "The pope's reference to the 'father of lies' comes from the Gospel of John, where Jesus refers to the devil as 'a liar and the father of lies.' So Pope Francis is saying that same-sex 'marriage' comes from the devil and should be condemned as such." Since his election as Pope in March, Francis seems to have taken a less combative approach to homosexuality. At a news conference in July, for example, he said "Who am I to judge?" a gay person who seeks to be a good person. Illinois politicians - including Catholics - cited the Pope's words when explaining their support for the state's same-sex marriage bill. In September, the Pope said the church has no right to "interfere spiritually" in the lives of gays and lesbians and chided Catholics who "obsess" about fighting culture war issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. MORE ON CNN: Pope Francis: Church can't 'interfere' with gays But Paprocki calls same-sex marriage "contrary to the plan of God" and says all Catholics who support it - from legislators to county clerks who issue marriage licenses - are "culpable of serious sin." The bishop has invited priests and lay Catholics to his exorcism ceremony, officially called "“Prayers of Supplication and Exorcism in Reparation for the Sin of Same-Sex Marriage,” which is scheduled for November 20 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Illinois. Paprocki says the ceremony will follow the Catholic Church's Rite of Exorcism, which explains that Satan not only possesses people, he can also invade places and things, including the church itself. "We must pray for deliverance from this evil which has penetrated our state and our church," Paprocki said. Exorcism is experiencing something of a renaissance in the United States, with the Catholic bishops recruiting dozens of priests to perform the ancient rite. Paprocki is among the bishops leading the recruiting drive. soundoff (3,013 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Next »
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Religion is poison to the human race!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Humanity is poison to the human race. Our greed, selfishness, and cruelty to others is only topped by our self-absorption and ability to delude ourselves in the face of crisis.
And religion feeds on that like a leach.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0-04VDrCbM
Adult Sesame Street unlike childrens Sesame Street, the adult version (benny) doesn't educate and instead brainwashes.
Isn't it rich?
Isn't it qu eer,
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Well, maybe next year.
Finally, a Catholic with the nads to speak the truth.
No, he is prejudice big.ot that is uneducated on the facts about gays and lesbians.
It sounds actually like you are the bigot. My Catholic Bishop isn't calling people names, he is just doing something for gays that he thinks might change their ways.
However, it is the simple fact that the feels they need to change their ways that is bigoted.
I suppose it's better he uses his nads for this futile embarassment .. rather than using them for purposes of harming young boys as sooo many of his comrades have been doing.
What truth?
Makes me wonder if the only accurate indicator of demon possession is claiming that demon possession is real.
The "truth". How lame. How general. And evidently something that you cannot demonstrate in any way without resorting to subjective mean/human consensus. At least no one has done so yet.
subjective means/human consensus
I think Paprocki needs to be exorcised himself. It's about love and commitment, not personal plumbing.
My favorite part of watching Catholics and Protestants argue about which is nuttier, is that i agree with with the arguments from both sides.
What is that old joke - an atheist is someone who agrees with you on religion when you point out that every other religion is false; they just also agree with everyone else on that same point.
well said.
What a HYPOCRITE!
He quotes the Pope, as if the Pope is an actual authority on these sorts of things. Fair enough - the Pope IS supposed to know how Catholicism feels about issues. But AS THE POPE, he has said essentially that he was wrong before. This Bishop is IGNORING THE POPE. He is picking a quote from the past and using it to spread lies about the man.
Forget exorcisms - how about excommunication... for the Bishop?
Come, you will be absorbed.
Ah the lunatic relgious right at work.
What is hilarious is when his plan doesn't work, it only continue to prove prayer and their religion is a waste of time.
No, they'll invoke the devil if it doesn't work...they'll say something silly about how the nation is fallen.
This is the kind of thing that has Pope Francis saying to American Bishops, "Knock it off!"
Are you going to do the ceremony in that red dress? Looks kinda gay!
Seriously - no gay man would be caught dead in that sort of outfit.
Divine in a bishop's outfit
– the image just popped into my head, and I had to share it.
Ha! Awesome!
Yes! banish those gay demons! wait a minute.......but who's gonna banish the gay demon from the gay demon?
the gay angel and then whoever is the next gay and so on and on and on.....forever
What is scary here is people actually believe this stuff.
To exorcise the "sin" of gay marriage .. at a church named after the act of impregnating another man's wife (the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception) .. oh, gotta love the irony!
this irrational fear of hom ose xuality has to end.
It won't.
Somewhere someone has a "rational" fear of it? JK 😉
I heard that it's an airborne virus.
That's why I always wear a bio-hazard suit whenever I see a musical.
Men in tights don't do it for you? 😉
Superbeing overlords are for the week minded.
And being gay goes against the "laws" of nature, it's obvious, but I won't try to stop you.
Anyway...
BOW!!!!
YIELD!!!!!
KNEEL!!!!
AND GIVE ME YOUR MONEY, ERR UMM, I MEAN DONATIONS!!!!!
Words of Jesus are more relevant than any Pagan Bishop:
Simon the Patriot said to him, "Lord, we are surrounded by wrongness every moment of our lives. Why do you say that we need not dwell in wrongness?" Jesus said, "You hear my words, Simon, but you do not perceive their meaning. As a person thinks in his heart, so is he and so is the world in which he dwells. Every person creates his own world, according to that which he fears and that which he loves."
Yeah, but he's a pervert Dude.
Uh... Jesus never said that.
How is it you know every conversation Jesus ever had, word for word? Do you mean the BIBLE does not contain that quote? If so, I might believe you - though I might not. But if you claim you know because you just know, then I think you are full of something - and it isn't devotion.
I hope they serve pea soup.
A thought....Is this bishop akin to Ted Cruz? A no-name bishop among the rank and file, tapped by the papal committee to step forward and take a hard (yet laughable) line of Mass Exorcism so as to not alienate the radical RCC's? Too bad that, like affordable healthcare, gay marriage will be commonplace in the near future. And another thought...what happens to those prayers for gay marriage? God's answer: " What? What kind of marriage?? Sorry, I can't hear you. I'm going into a tunnel....". 😉
I'm no fan of his, but Ted Cruz is hardly "no-name". I suggest you look into his educational and work history. Much more impressive than you might think.
never heard of the guy until this fall.
I agree that he is more than a no-name. Especially in Texas. Was thinking of someone who was a parallel to this IL bishop. Cruz came to mind. Remember saying "Who is this guy?". My apologies if I disparaged inappropriately!
The Catholic Church supports stuff like Obamacare. I imagine their only objection would be to the compulsory provision of contraception.
The Catholic Church is big on caring for the poor and less fortunate. That is one of the big reasons Protestants broke with the Catholic Church - too much helping those who are in need, not enough personal greed.
Not true!
The following is mainly why:
1. We are saved by the Grace of God through Faith alone in Jesus Christ as Lord and personal Savior AND apart from the Law (Mosaic.)
2. Jesus Christ is the ONLY Mediator to God the Father, and a Christian has a direct relationship with Him, hence no Pope.
Those are the basic tenets of the Reformation by Martin Luther, hence Protestantism.
Vic – this is your (and Luther's) opinion. Until you can get the rest of the christian world to agree on a single theology, that's all it will ever be.