Pope Speaks of World War on Marriage, Says to Try and Convert Orthodox Is ‘Grave Sin’

Catholic Culture: [In his extemporaneous comments in the Latin Cathedral in Tbilisi the Holy Father said]:

You, Irina, mentioned a great enemy to marriage today: the theory of gender. Today there is a world war to destroy marriage. Today there are ideological colonizations which destroy, not with weapons, but with ideas. Therefore, there is a need to defend ourselves from ideological colonizations.

Turning to relations with the Orthodox, he said:

Let the theologians study the abstract realities of theology. But what should I do with a friend, neighbor, an Orthodox person? Be open, be a friend. “But should I make efforts to convert him or her?” There is a very grave sin against ecumenism: proselytism. We should never proselytize the Orthodox! They are our brothers and sisters, disciples of Jesus Christ.

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