Two Page Decree, Approved by Pope Francis, Distguished Between the Churchs Welg and Blsg of Gay People, Which It Upheld, but Not Their Unns
Contents:
- VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
- VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
- VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'CAN'T BLS S'
- VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
- THE VATIN BARS THE BLSG OF GAY UNNS, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
The Vatin's orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse Monday to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy n bls gay unns. Its ncln was "negative." * vatican bars gay union blessing *
”The Vatin’s orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy have the thory to bls gay unns.
VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
* vatican bars gay union blessing *
”The note distguished between the church’s welg and blsg of gay people, which upheld, but not their unns.
The note immediately pleased nservativ, disheartened advot for LGBT Catholics and threw a wrench the bate wh the German church, which has been at the foreont of openg discsn on hot-button issu such the church’s teachg on homosexualy. Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Mistry, which advot for greater acceptance of gays the church, predicted the Vatin posn would be ignored, cludg by some Catholic clergy. The Vatin holds that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect, but that gay sex is “trsilly disorred.
VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'CAN'T BLS S'
The cree distguished between the church’s welg and blsg of gay people, which upheld, but not their unns sce any such sacramental regnn uld be nfed wh marriage. * vatican bars gay union blessing *
Sce gay unns aren’t tend to be part of that plan, they n’t be blsed by the church, the document said.
Francis has endorsed providg gay upl wh legal protectns same-sex unns, but that was reference to the civil sphere, not wh the church. At the time, Argente lawmakers were nsirg approvg gay marriage, which the Catholic Church oppos. Then-Cardal Je Mar Bergogl stead supported providg legal protectns for gays stable unns through a so-lled “law of civil habatn.
VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
”Francis told Televisa: “Homosexual people have the right to be a fay.
Speakg of fai wh gay children, he said: “You n’t kick someone out of a fay, nor make their life miserable for this. ”In the new document and an acpanyg unsigned article, the Vatin said qutns had been raised about whether the church should bls same-sex unns a sacramental way recent years, and after Francis had sisted on the need to better wele gays the was an apparent reference to the German church, where some bishops have been phg the envelope on issu such as pritly celibacy, ntraceptn and the church’s outreach to gay Catholics after g unr prsure by powerful lay Catholic groups mandg change. The door has been slammed shut on the gay agenda, ” Donohue wrote on the League’s webse, llg the document “the most cisive rejectn of those efforts ever wrten.
THE VATIN BARS THE BLSG OF GAY UNNS, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
”In the article, the Vatin strsed the “fundamental and cisive distctn” between gay dividuals and gay unns, notg that “the negative judgment on the blsg of unns of persons of the same sex do not imply a judgment on persons. Esteban Plon, print of the Argente Feratn of Lbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals, said the document was proof that for all of Francis’ words and gtur exprsg outreach to gays, the stutnal church wouldn’t change.
“Sayg that homosexual practice — openly livg sexualy — is a s tak back 200 years and promot hate speech that unfortunately Lat Ameri and Europe is on the rise, ” Plon said.
” A siar note of exasperatn was echoed the Philipp, Asia’s largt Roman Catholic natn, where gay rights lear Danton Remoto said simply wasn’t worth to fight an old stutn. ”Other cril mentators noted the Catholic Book of Blsgs ntas blsgs that n be btowed on everythg om new hom and factori to animals, sportg events, seeds before plantg and farm Carlos Cz, a Chilean survivor of sexual abe who is gay and close to Francis, said the document was out of step wh Francis’ pastoral approach and was tone af to the needs and rights of LGBT Catholics.