Openly Gay Catholic Prit Discs Pope Francis' Appeal For LGBTQ Protectns : NPR

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• DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL
• GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL
• GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
• FRANCISNS GERMANY ELECT OPENLY GAY PRIT AS NEW SUPERR
• OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS
• CATHOLIC PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY COUPL, DEFYG POPE
• 'LOVE WS': HUNDREDS OF PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY UPL OPEN FIANCE OF POPE FRANCIS
• GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL

But drew notable phback Germany, which has seen discsn on hot-button issu such as the church’s teachg on homosexualy as part of a formal procs of bate and Moenkebucher, a pastor om wtern Germany who helped iate blsgs for same-sex upl last year, told the dpa news agency that the participants the new iative were spired by a public g-out by 185 actors Germany last iative is llg for all LGBTIQ who work for the church to jo up, and appealg to bishops to give s manifto public support. Dozens of Catholic prits Germany plan fy the Vatin and bls homosexual partnerships, wh many set to live-stream the blsgs onle. In rponse, more than 230 profsors of Catholic theology Germany – and other untri where German is spoken – signed a statement prottg the cisn, the Associated Prs a statement, the group clared that the cree "is marked by a paternalistic air of superry and discrimat agast homosexual people and their life plans.

"In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, " the group said a statement. A group of dissentg prits has also piled a list of church servic that will take place natnwi on or around May 10, where prits will publicly bls gay upl. While the Vatin holds that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect and n be blsed, gay sex is "trsilly disorred.

Thoands of German prits and church employe have also signed a petn llg on the Church to extend blsgs to same-sex upl, while some parish have also displayed rabow flags outsi Catholic Church Germany is more liberal and wealthy than many other untri and the creasgly vol acceptance of gay upl will be hard for the Vatin to ignore, the BBC's Damien McGuns Berl marriage has been legal Germany sce 2017 and the untry has also banned so-lled "gay nversn therapy" for might be terted :Media ptn, Comg out to my parents: Dad 'proud' of gay Mlim sonMore on this story. AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany held servic to bls gay upl, fiance of the Vatin’s refal to regnize same-sex Hoerhager/DPA, via Associated PrsBERLIN — More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany offered blsgs to gay upl on Monday fiance of church teachg and their own ll for natnwi blsgs me rponse to a cree issued by the Vatin on March 15, rercg the church’s prohibn of prits askg for God’s benevolence for gay upl, statg that God “do not and nnot bls s.

GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL

“In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, ” the group said a statement. Church doctre says that while gay people mt be treated wh digny, homosexualy is “trsilly disorred.

GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

” Pope Francis has not changed this teachg, but has ocsnally raised the hop of gay Catholics by speakg of the need to love and wele gay and transgenr German church is among the most powerful and liberal the world, and Roman Catholics everywhere were watchg the rponse to the blsgs for signals of how the church might rpond to attempts at reform om those the pews and om the prits who are often among those most active fdg ways to clu gay men and lbians the church.

“There has been this credible discsn Germany about same-sex upl specifilly that has not taken place anywhere else, ” said Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Mistry, which reprents gay and lbian Catholics the Uned Stat.

FRANCISNS GERMANY ELECT OPENLY GAY PRIT AS NEW SUPERR

“We held a blsg service this Valente’s Day, but was important to view of this story om Rome to send a clear signal that the church mt regnize, honor and appreciate life all of s many lors, ” said Father Mönkebüscher, who intifi as gay. “We n’t ignore the fact that a lot of homosexual upl have already left the church.

More about Melissa EddyA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the New York edn wh the headle: Defyg Rome Decree, German Prits Bls Gay Coupl. ”The mpaign lls for a “church whout fear” that shuns discrimatn – or threat of discrimatn – towards people same-sex relatnships, and acceptance that “LGBTIQ+ people, whether livg alone or a relatnship, are blsed by God” ncrete terms mands a fundamental revisn of “famatory” Catholic teachgs on homosexualy and non-bary people that reflect morn scientific and sexualy rearch, as well as an overhl of church labour the operator of krgartens, re hom and other facili, the Catholic church is one of Germany’s largt employers.

Last year he anised one a seri of special servic across Germany to bls same-sex upl, a mpaign lled “Love Ws” was rponse to a Vatin document last March, rtatg s teachg that homosexualy is a sful disorr. Aachen archbishop Helmut Dier told the ARD documentary that was time for the Catholic church to embrace a “climate of eedom om fear” and revise s terpretatn of homosexualy based on morn science.

OPENLY GAY CATHOLIC PRIT DISCS POPE FRANCIS' APPEAL FOR LGBTQ PROTECTNS

The March ban on blsgs, which Pope Francis approved, sparked dissent wh the church and surprised many bee he has been more nciliatory towards gay people than perhaps any other pontiff. The Pope has held meetgs wh gay upl and enuraged those who want to raise their children the church to do so. In 2013, he ma the now-famo remark “Who am I to judge” about gay people seekg God and tryg to live by the church’s l.

The church teach that beg gay is not herently sful but forbids same-sex sexual activy. Acrdg to the Pew Rearch Center, a US-based thk-tank, 86% of Germans thk homosexualy should be accepted. In an terview wh MK-Onle, the official news webse of the Archdce of Munich and Freisg, Father Fuhrmann explaed why he went public wh his homosexualy.

CATHOLIC PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY COUPL, DEFYG POPE

The 300-member Francisn provce of Sat Elisabeth Germany has elected as s new superr Father Mark Fuhrmann, who a few weeks ago publicly me out as homosexual. “If I am gay myself, then I want to show that I n also be part of the Church this mistry. Asked about the fact that his Francisn brothers knew of his homosexualy at the time of his electn, the new German superr said that “ was very good for me to know that this is very posive for the brothers.

The Church's teachg on homosexualy. Catholic teachg on homosexualy is summarized sectns 2357, 2358, and 2359 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Church teach that homosexuals “mt be accepted wh rpect, passn, and sensivy.

As the techism explas, “Tradn has always clared that homosexual acts are trsilly disorred and this clatn, which is objectively disorred, nstut for most of them a trial. The techism stat, “Basg self on Sacred Scripture, which prents homosexual acts as acts of grave pravy, tradn has always clared that homosexual acts are trsilly disorred. Providg further guidance, the techism says, “Homosexual persons are lled to chasty.

'LOVE WS': HUNDREDS OF PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY UPL OPEN FIANCE OF POPE FRANCIS

And he is openly gay. That's why he speaks up for those who are often shut out of the Catholic Church: gay and lbian people, trans people, remarried divorce. He says gay and trans people often believe God, but fd themselv shut out om the Church.

GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL

Recently, the bate about homosexualy the Church was reigned when prits a number of German parish rried out blsgs of same-sex unns.