"Pro-gay group in Malta archdiocese uses rainbow flag as altar cloth"

lifesitenews.com

"A homosexual group that campaigns for the Catholic Church to accept homosexual 'marriage,' sodomy, and adoption of children by same-sex couples has been given a free pass to operate unofficially in the Catholic Archdiocese of Malta run by Archbishop Charles Scicluna. 

Drachma LGBTI, which labels itself 'Catholic,' has been allowed to meet in Maltese Catholic parishes, retreat centers, and in the Catholic chapel of the country’s only university. 

While the group has no official status within the archdiocese, this has not stopped Archbishop Scicluna from going out of his way to lend support to the group and its activities. 

In 2014, the Archbishop presided at a Eucharistic celebration put on by the group aimed at ending 'homophobia.' 

Stated the group about the event at that time: 'The Drachma Community hopes that this celebration can serve as a clear message against all forms of homophobia and transphobia in our society. This celebration also demonstrates that it is possible for LGBTI persons to fully integrate their sexuality with their spirituality.'

Last year, the Archdiocese hosted on its own website a report with photos of Drachma LGBTI presenting Scicluna with the group’s newly published pro-homosexual book titled 'Our Children.' The Archbishop called the book a 'tool to help parents of LGBTI children.'

Drachma LGBTI uses social media to promote its meetings in sacred Catholic spaces. 

Last month, the group posted a photo on its Facebook page of a prayer event in a Catholic chapel to end 'homophobia.' The photo showed a Catholic altar bedecked with vigil candles and a statue of the Virgin Mary. The front of the altar was draped in a rainbow 'gay pride' flag. 

Drachma LGBTI Coordinator Christopher Vella defended the group’s dissenting views on Catholic sexual morality in a February 2016 interview with One News Malta...

The Catholic Church in Malta under Scicluna’s leadership has strayed from authentic Catholic teaching in other areas besides sexual morality. Earlier this year, the bishops allowed civilly-divorced-and-remarried Catholics living in adultery to receive Holy Communion and has forced seminarians to comply with the Communion guidelines. 

Last month, Scicluna along with Bishop Mario Grech of Gozo attacked a group of faithful Catholics in Malta after it published a full page ad in a widely read paper defending real marriage against 'unnatural' homosexual 'marriage' in the lead-up to the country’s June 3 general election. The bishops criticized the ad as 'propaganda' and stated that they had 'nothing to do' with the group."