Marriage on the Fly
January 22, 2018
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat
THE supposedly spontaneous wedding ceremony conducted on a plane last week by “Pope” Francis appears to have been a publicity stunt prepared in advance. Was it an attempt to show how much Francis values marriage in the wake of Amoris Laetitia?
His unorthodox action opens up many possibilities, writes Novus Ordo Bishop Rene Henry Gracida:
Imagine if you lived in theatreland in London or New York and had priests competing with jugglers and street magicians, offering free marriages whilst people waited for tickets.
Imagine the Marriage of Figaro with real Marriages!
Imagine, Romeo and Juliet actually getting married!
Imagine, a two for one offer at your local supermarket! Two couples at one go.
Imagine the possibilities for an airport chaplain, you could marry people as they waited to check-in, or as they wait for luggage at the carousel.
Imagine the mass weddings that could take place at the next Glastonbury Rock Festival.
Imagine, in my diocese, a traffic jam on the M25 near Gatwick, a priest wandering up and down in cope and a high viz jacket offering weddings to all and sundry.
None are more difficult to imagine than a non-Catholic acting as pope.
Fake news, fake wedding, fake pope.
