Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later...
It was only a matter of time before Catholic Priests started taking advantage of the Bishop's 'nuanced' view of Civil Partnerships.
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So Now That We're All Saying What We're Thinking...
Over the years on this blog I have offered some commentary on Pope Francis and his bizarre, scandalous and increasingly diabolical pontificate. Of late, I have tried to keep it light, trying to offer some comic relief on the papacy arranged meticulously in a conference room in Hell. Later still, I stopped blogging, mostly due to time constraints, domestic and work commitments. Before I stopped blogging, I was confident enough in my own limited knowledge of the Church to offer some insights into what I thought had gone wrong in the time since 13 March 2013.
Reasons for the catastrophe I offered over the time were varied, from the election of a 'mad Pope' to the election of an apostate Bishop to the Papacy, to someone who was elected Pope but who resisted the Truth and simply taught his own beliefs instead. Who hasn't thought, 'Oh, he's a Jesuit, what could anyone expect?' Did I say these things explicitly? Some yes, others I expect not, because with this situat…
Reasons for the catastrophe I offered over the time were varied, from the election of a 'mad Pope' to the election of an apostate Bishop to the Papacy, to someone who was elected Pope but who resisted the Truth and simply taught his own beliefs instead. Who hasn't thought, 'Oh, he's a Jesuit, what could anyone expect?' Did I say these things explicitly? Some yes, others I expect not, because with this situat…
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Bones, you are very, very naughty - but I like you (and my explosive laughter freaked out the kitties!)
Both were single and friends, neither were in a sexual relationship with each other or anyone else. But it meant that they could leave their property/pensions to each other and effectively protect each other in old age.
I suspect it is a wind up but since you are not obliged to be in a sexual relationship to have a civil partnership it is difficult to see a moral objection. In fact it would make a lot of sense.
In fact I would not mind betting that a large proportion of civil partnerships are elderly people who live together but not in a sexual relationship of any sort.
Our bishops should perhaps speak out to press for legislation to correct the iniquity that siblings who live together uniquely cannot take out a civil partnership, so the surviving sibling is are uniquely vulnerable when their brother or sister dies.