Following pope Francis visit to America, the white house had invited transgender activists, the first episcopal gay bishop that openly declared his gay status and a nun activist that is leading the campaign to support abortion, to the popes welcome ceremony in white house south lawn. A situation that the Vatican is seriously frowning at in their recent press release as they claimed that conservative Catholics and denominations around the globe might believe that the pope has endorsed the activities of the guests.
Some priests and Bishops in America are already kicking against the guest list, some even suggesting that the Vatican should seriously question it as it appears that Obama is pushing his sinful agenda too far. "It’s wise of the Vatican to question President Obama’s guest list for the Pope’s visit next week—that list should raise a lot of eyebrows! The Wall Street Journal says those invited to the Pope’s welcome celebration include transgender activists, the first openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop, and an activist nun whose organization supports abortion. This is disgraceful and obviously inappropriate. Is there no end to the lengths the president will go to in order to push his sinful agenda?" says Rev Franklin Graham, who shares the same link with Wall street journal.
The wall street journal stated that "The tension exemplifies concerns among conservative Catholics, including many bishops, that the White House will use the pope’s visit to play down its differences with church leaders on such contentious issues as same-sex marriage and the contraception mandate in the health care law".
White house refused to amplify their decision about the guest list when contacted by reporters, however, the press secretary of white house, Josh Earnest said that specific people in the guest list should not be targeted as there will be 15,000 other people in the ceremony to receive the pope.
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