QUOTE TO NOTE: The Catholic Core of Love, Compassion, Justice
Representative Linda Chapa LaVia
Thanks to Religion News Service for providing their “Quote of the Day” for November 7, 2013, from Illinois Representative Linda Chapa LaVia, a Catholic, who voted for her state’s marriage equality law which passed this week. LaVia explained her supportive vote in an interview with The Chicago Tribune:
“As a Catholic follower of Jesus and the pope, Pope Francis, I am clear that our Catholic religious doctrine has at its core love, compassion and justice for all people.”
Pope Francis’ example of a non-judgmental attitude toward LGBT people seems to be taking root among the faithful!
–Francis DeBernardo, New Ways Ministry
Jesus would say to Francis I “You are very close to the Kingdom of God…now go and love and serve all people”.