Italian "archbishop" says the "new paradigm" opens "Church" to homosexuality

HILARY WHITE lifesitenews.com "... the archbishop of Lucca in Tuscany suggested to an interviewer this week on the Italian state television network, RAI, that the time has come for the Church to become more open to homosexuality and same-sex civil unions. “All diversity is wealth,” Archbishop Benvenuto Castellani said in reply to a question from an interviewer about Church acceptance of homosexuality. The archbishop’s frank remarks are part of a shift in public pronouncements on homosexuality from many Church leaders under Pope Francis in the wake of his famous remark, “Who am I to judge?” In that vein, earlier this week Cardinal Timothy Dolan publicly congratulated an American football star for “coming out” as an active homosexual. “Good for him,” said Cardinal Dolan. “I would have no sense of judgment on him. God bless ya.” In the interview with RAI, Archbishop Castellani called Francis “the pope of dialogue, a dialogue demanding and non-trivial. But to bring order and peace there needs to be the cultural value of dialogue. And for this you need a Pope who dialogues institutionally.” RAI’s Vaticanist, Raffaele Luise, suggested that the time had come for a “cultural revolution” in the Church “which would include the fact that homosexuality is not a deviation but a human attitude.” Castellani agreed, calling this part of the “new paradigm” in which “all diversity is wealth.” “In my life as a pastor,” he added, “I have seen and experienced many situations … and I am convinced that it is time for Christians to open themselves to diversity.” He also endorsed the proposal of Cardinal Walter Kasper to “readmit” divorced and civilly remarried Catholics to Communion after a “period of penance,” saying he felt it likely the pope would support the plan." to read more: lifesitenews.com