Greetings in the Lord!
Recently, I have received emails from parishioners who are disturbed about news articles regarding my participation at the Association of United States Catholic Priests (AUSCP) held last month. If you are concerned, rest assured; it’s not as bad as those angry websites make it out to be. I have found that you can never trust the media completely, as they always seem to omit some important details.
I sent a video to the convention of the Association of U.S. Catholic Priests a few weeks ago. I spoke on the need to reform our lives through prayer and a renewed sense of adoration. I quoted Pope St. John Paull II, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, and our present Holy Father Francis, as well as the Catechism and Scriptures. There was no mention of same-sex marriage or anything contrary to Church teachings, that’s for sure. I hardly think that it is a scandal when a bishop talks to priests about holiness and the need to reform our lives.
The photo published in the article came from me. I posted it about 12 years ago on the internet. It was from another convention – the Catholic Daughters of the Americas convention in Houston (I believe). After my talk to the young people about Mary and the saints, they presented me with a prayer blanket that the girls were making for patients in the hospital and Hospice. They thought that a rainbow of colors would cheer up the sick and dying.
Unfortunately, news outlets like the one referencing the article do not want to hear that. They think that it signifies an attachment to homosexuality. It is sad because my presentation was about evangelizing the Church.
If you would like to read my presentation, please visit https://bit.ly/3xz7nTT.
May God bless you always.
In Christ’s Peace,
+Bill