Stories tagged with: vatican

• Warren at Vatican: be 'winsome under attack'

  by Staff, posted Wednesday, November 19, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

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  VATICAN CITY (BP) -- Christians must defend marriage by facing opponents winsomely and demonstrating that God's plan of one man and one woman for life promotes human flourishing, Rick Warren told international religious leaders at the Vatican Nov. 18.

  Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church, a Southern Baptist congregation in the Los Angeles area, said he supports God's unchanging model for marriage and opposes gay marriage because "the only way to always be relevant is to be eternal. ... Read More

• Moore at Vatican: Gospel vital in marriage

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, November 18, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

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  VATICAN CITY (BP) -- The Southern Baptist Convention's lead ethicist told international religious leaders Tuesday (Nov. 18) at the Vatican they should defend man-woman marriage for the common good, but Christians also must champion it for the sake of the Gospel.

  Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC), provided an evangelical Protestant viewpoint on the complementarity of man and woman ... Read More

• Moore: pope voices 'strong' statement on marriage

  by Staff, posted Monday, November 17, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  VATICAN CITY (BP) -- Southern Baptists' lead ethicist has affirmed "a strong statement" by Pope Francis on traditional marriage during the pontiff's opening address at the Vatican colloquium on "the complementarity of man and woman in marriage."

  "Pope Francis made clear that male/female complementarity is essential to marriage, and that this cannot be redefined by ideology or by the state," Russell D. Moore, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, told Baptist Press in written comments from the Vatican. Read More

• Catholics' revised report shows 'deep division'

  by David Roach, posted Monday, October 20, 2014 (9 years ago)

  

  NASHVILLE (BP) -- Differences between the interim and final reports from a meeting of Catholic bishops in Rome reflect "deep division" within the church's hierarchy regarding homosexuality, a seminary professor has noted.

  "Deep division appears obvious," Jeffrey Riley, professor of ethics at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, told Baptist Press in written comments. "How broad the division is difficult to say. ... Some bishops appear captured by western cultural notions that stress sexual freedom rather than a freedom that comes by obeying the clear teaching of Scripture." Read More

• Catholics' initial report 'not in line with Scripture'

  by Tom Strode, posted Tuesday, October 14, 2014 (9 years ago)

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A new Vatican report that marks "a major turning point" regarding moral issues such as homosexuality is consistent with Roman Catholic theology but not with the gospel, the church or the Bible, a Southern Baptist seminary president said Tuesday (Oct. 14). Read More

• Vatican report on homosexuals 'stunning change'

  by Tom Strode, posted Monday, October 13, 2014 (9 years ago)

  "The church is not itself, though, to be made up of unrepentant people."

  -- Russell D. Moore

  WASHINGTON (BP) -- A Vatican report issued Monday (Oct. 13) demonstrates what observers described as a dramatic shift -- even an "earthquake" -- regarding homosexuals, asking if the Roman Catholic Church can value "their sexual orientation, without compromising" its teachings. Read More