Nosotros no hemos recibido el espíritu del mundo, sino el Espíritu que procede de Dios (1 Cor 2, 12), el Espíritu de su Hijo, que Dios envió a nuestros corazones (Gal 4,6). Y por eso predicamos a Cristo crucificado, escándalo para los judíos y locura para los gentiles, pero para los llamados, tanto judíos como griegos, es Cristo fuerza de Dios y sabiduría de Dios (1 Cor 1,23-24). De modo que si alguien os anuncia un evangelio distinto del que recibisteis, ¡sea anatema! (Gal 1,9).
Last week Pope Francis ordered the U.S. bishops to abstain from voting on measures aimed at addressing homosexual abuse. Breitbart.com writes that this may have undermined the Vatican’s pillar of legal defense when charged in U.S. courts with negligence in dealing with homosex abuse, namely, the relative independence of the dioceses from Vatican oversight. Foreign governments have immunity from prosecution in U.S. courts. But there are exceptions, one of which is the so-called “tort exception” clause which applies when it can be demonstrated that U.S. bishops were following official Vatican policy. This could open the Holy See to multi-billion dollar claims.
