Pope Francis Should Reject Callista Gingrich

[HAB911]

as Ambassador (for Adultery)

The pontiff rejected a French ambassador just because he was gay; surely, he should reject Trump's pick for her sins.

When President Donald Trump visited Rome in May, Twitter and Facebook lit up. Many delighted in headlines and commentary that suggested that when Trump visited the Vatican, the Pope schooled him the way a disappointed headmaster deals with a badly behaved remedial student. Indeed, much in Trump’s agenda (to say nothing of his character) is at odds with Pope Francis’s touchstone priorities: lifting up the poor and hungry, tackling climate change and serving as responsible custodians of a fragile planet, showing compassion for refugees and respect for their human dignity. These purposes have inspired American Catholics and non-Catholics alike making the Pope far more popular than Trump himself in the United States.

http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/08/09/pope-francis-should-reject-callista-gingrich-as-ambassador-for-adultery/

[Cartoonist]

1. She's not gay

What else do you got?

[TenHouseCats]

3. Reading comprehension much?

OP didn't say that she was gay, but did, indeed, plainly state why she should be rejected.

My apologies to all who choose to read what's written; on first cup of coffee and in hissy mood.

[Cartoonist]

4. I read just find

An institution that accepts pedophilia couldn't care less about Gingrich's behavior. She's not gay. That's what's important to the RCC.

Have another cup.

[Act_of_Reparation]

5. Maybe drink your coffee first next time.

His point is that the Vatican will reject you for being gay, but will not necessarily reject you for being an insufferable moral monster. Such are the priorities of the Holy See.

[meow2u3]

9. But she did marry a twice-divorced man

Wouldn't that put her in a state of adultery according to Catholic teachings?

[Mariana]

10. I think the way it works

is that the Church considers his first two marriages invalid, because they happened before he converted. So he wasn't really married to his first two wives, therefore Callista never really committed adultery with him and also is not doing so now. I'm sure she's long since been absolved of the years of fornication that went on while they thought he was married to his second wife. It's all very convenient.

[SCantiGOP]

15. Yep, just like confession

the ultimate "Get out Hell Free" card.

[janterry]

2. But

just to identify doctrine (and I'm not catholic anymore)
but being gay is continuing to be gay. As reprehensible as Callista is (and she's a terrible person from what I can tell), she could have sought forgiveness for her sin (is sorry and will 'sin no more'). From that standpoint, rejecting her would be saying that she could not be forgiven - despite her contrition - and that doesn't seem right.

A better president would not have appointed her. But we do not have a better president

ETA: Gingrich's marriage was annulled, wasn't it?? (if it wasn't, then she'd still be living in sin)

[Angry Dragon]

7. catholic annulments are a con job

[Mariana]

11. Gingrich's first two marriages were befrore his conversion.

I think that means he was never married to his first two wives at all, as far as the Church is concerned.

[No Vested Interest]

12. Assuming Gingrich was validly baptized in the Christian faith, all other things being valid,

his first marriage would have been valid.
First wife died; therefore he was no longer married and was free to remarry.

Second marriage was not valid, for reasons I don't recall - I think it had to with second wife's marriage status.
Marriage not valid; therefore there never was a marriage; annulment= no marriage.

Marriage to Callista, whom I believe had never been married.

Assumption is made that both Newt and Callista confessed past sins and were contrite and sins were forgiven, as proscribed by Christ's words, "Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; whose sins you shall retain, they are retained." John 20:23.

Therefore, Pope Francis will accept the ambassadorial credentials of Callista Gingrich.

[Mariana]

13. I see. His 3rd marriage stopped being adulterous in 2013

because his first wife finally died off. How fortunate for them.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

6. Pope Francis is a bigot.

That's why he rejected the French ambassador. Don't think this is about morality as a whole. As others above have indicated, he has protected child rapists, why should some adultery bother him?

[trotsky]

8. Yes indeed.

Child rapists are protected and sheltered.

Adulterers are put into respected ambassadorships.

But sorry, if you're gay and in a committed, loving relationship, the church cannot tolerate you.

[Lordquinton]

14. Something in common with callista

It's a ceremonial position anyways.

[guillaumeb]

16. Jesus was asked: Master, how many times shall we forgive?

And Jesus responded, 7 times 70, a metaphor for without limit. Should the Pope do any less?