Father Martin, we need truth & not a counterfeit "unity."

Ross Douthat of the NY Times recently interviewed Father James Martin, SJ (See 4/26/25 video).  Father Martin indicated his belief that Pope Francis would have gone further (in equating homosexuality and heterosexuality), but he was concerned with "unity."  At another time, Martin seemed to infer, the Church would be ripe for such.

But the worst danger was that the triumph of the heretical principles meant the extinction of the human race. This annihilation was the direct consequence of the Catharist doctrine, that all intercourse between the sexes ought to be avoided and that suicide or the Endura, under certain circumstances, is not only lawful but commendable (Catholic Encyclopedia, accessed 4/7/25)

In the modern world, we speak of unity as something to be desired in itself. We talk about “speaking with one voice,” being “united in opposing injustice,” “unified in our desire to create a better world.” We cast unity as a sign of strength, the proof of the righteousness of our cause, whatever it may be.

What we rarely do is tie unity to truth, to recognize that any unity that doesn’t flow from a shared recognition of, and adherence to, the truth is not merely false but worse than a lack of unity. (Our Sunday Visitor, 6/1/21)