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Atlanta’s Shrine of the Immaculate Conception provides yet another instance of the rainbow fighting to cast its shadow over the Church. In what should be a place of worship and doctrinal clarity, one finds so-called ministries (Shrine Ministries) such as “Pride Outreach,” “Pride Potluck Socials,” and an affiliated group called Fortunate & Faithful Families (FFF), which describes itself as “Catholic Families Affirming Their LGBTQ Members.”
FFF enjoys the blessing of the local bishop, Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, who endorses the group as “a ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta that urges families to draw upon reservoirs of faith, hope, and love as families of LGBT children face uncharted futures.”
This is not an isolated case but a microcosm of a far greater crisis. Under the pretense of pastoral care, such organizations promote acceptance without conversion, welcome without repentance, and love without truth—all while certain bishops lend them credibility. In the name of inclusion, they distort the fullness of the Church’s teachings, subtly conforming them to modern sensibilities, despite Scripture’s explicit warning that “the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth for ever” (1 John 2:17). By disregarding this, they also ignore the sobering truth that “a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God” (James 4:4).
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FFF enjoys the blessing of the local bishop, Archbishop Gregory Hartmayer, who endorses the group as “a ministry in the Archdiocese of Atlanta that urges families to draw upon reservoirs of faith, hope, and love as families of LGBT children face uncharted futures.”
This is not an isolated case but a microcosm of a far greater crisis. Under the pretense of pastoral care, such organizations promote acceptance without conversion, welcome without repentance, and love without truth—all while certain bishops lend them credibility. In the name of inclusion, they distort the fullness of the Church’s teachings, subtly conforming them to modern sensibilities, despite Scripture’s explicit warning that “the world passeth away, and the concupiscence thereof: but he that doth the will of God, abideth for ever” (1 John 2:17). By disregarding this, they also ignore the sobering truth that “a friend of this world, becometh an enemy of God” (James 4:4).
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