The Pope’s declaration that he will admit gay men into the priesthood – provided they pinkie swear to remain celibate – is too inclusive by half, if you ask me.

In a bid to be accepting and to show himself to be a modern man, the leader of the Catholic Church has blurred ancient lines that ought to be clear.

His edict, announced at the beginning of 2025, signifies the end of the ‘beginning of the end’ for the Catholic Church, which is now in full decline.

Just last year Pope Francis lamented that there was too much ‘frociaggine’ in church seminaries.

The Pope’s language was immediately seized upon by critics who accused the Pope of homophobia.

As is always the case, the debate quickly became about the Pope’s violation of Woke speech codes rather than about the issue at hand – that some trainee priests were using seminaries as a kind of pick up joint.

Faster than you can say ‘Love is Love’, the Pope went from pointing out homosexual sin within the church to apologising for using hurty words when pointing out homosexual sin within the church.

He apologised for expressing himself in ‘homophobic terms’ and said he ‘never intended to offend’.

God forbid that the Pope might offend priests for using church facilities as a kind of Holy Grindr app.

Pope Francis has never liked being unpopular with the crowd, which is very strange since the One he purports to follow was crucified by the crowd.

Now Pope Francis, who much prefers praise from the Woke mob to Roman nails, is trying to claw back some credibility with those who would crucify him no matter what he says. It’s a fool’s errand.

The LGBTQIA2S+ crowd will simply use this latest concession to intensify their calls for the church to fully support their agenda, rather than the reciprocal love the Pope seeks.

Many practising Catholics will insist there can be no such thing as a non-practising homosexual man, and any suggestion to the contrary will be viewed as evil.

Within the next few years, you can expect the Pope to apologise for inflicting psychological harm by suppressing the natural urges of priests.

He will declare homosexuality part of God’s wonderful creation.

The church has, for thousands of years, taught that homosexuality is a sin. In doing so it has helped to preserve the natural order of things, including the nuclear family, the welfare of children and public decency.

If the church cannot hold the line on sexuality, then of what use is the church? If salt loses its saltiness, why even have it?

The role of the church is to declare God’s timeless truth, not to reflect modern Woke trends. And the task of the Pope is to insist on God’s blueprint for human flourishing, not to agree with those for whom anything goes, until everything is gone.

We live at a time in which all the ancient boundaries are being removed.

Everything that has held Western society together – from the nuclear family to the power grid – is being dismantled before our very eyes.

The foundations upon which the West has been built over thousands of years are being ripped up by people who haven’t the faintest clue about how, or with what, to replace them.

The cure, as always, is truth. The truth is difficult, uncomfortable and often not to our liking.

Nevertheless, if you know the truth, the truth will set you free.

But when the church itself announces its abandonment of truth – in order to win cheap applause from those who hate it, no less – how will men and women be set free from the anti-human Woke virus?

The Pope is being neither tolerant nor inclusive in his declaration.

Fences exist for a reason. Only a madman pulls them down without regard for the consequences.

Senator Ralph Babet, United Australia Party