Same-sex unn blsgs ban upsets gay Catholics Asia

Contents:

• VATIN SAYS Y TO GAY PEOPLE, NO TO BLSG GAY UNNS
• VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’
• SAME-SEX UNN BLSGS BAN UPSETS GAY CATHOLICS ASIA
• VATIN BANS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘CANNOT BLS S’
• VATIN RDALS FEND GAY UNN BLSG BAN AMID DISSENT
• ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
• VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI
• FLEMISH BISHOPS PUBLISH ‘GAY UNN’ LURGY
• VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'N'T BLS S'
• VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'

VATIN SAYS Y TO GAY PEOPLE, NO TO BLSG GAY UNNS

This fe distctn will make no sense to many Amerin Catholics, pecially those who are gay and believe that rpectg a person clus acceptg their choice of a life partner. In Germany will put a chill on efforts by the untry’s Catholic bishops to nsult the fahful on a number of topics, cludg gays, though a multiyear synodal procs. Although for the church the phrase has always been a theologil judgment, meang not “objectively orred to the revealed plans of God, ” has rrectly been terpreted as a psychologil diagnosis, g great pa and nfn among gay people and their iends.

Support is even higher Wtern Europe (except Italy and Portugal), but other parts of the world, most Catholics and their untrymen oppose legalizg gay marriage.

While to Amerins the pope appears to be behd the tim, he is revolutnary many other parts of the world, pecially the 71 untri where gays are still crimalized. ”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. 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.

VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘N’T BLS S’

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. ”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.

”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.

SAME-SEX UNN BLSGS BAN UPSETS GAY CATHOLICS ASIA

” 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. In 2003, the same Vatin office issued a siar cree sayg that the church’s rpect for gay people “nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavr or to legal regnn of homosexual unns.

CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — The Vatin’s edict that same-sex unns nnot be blsed bee they are sful was met Tuday wh cricism by rights activists and gay Catholics parts of the Asia-Pacific regn as nsistent and out of step wh ntemporary muny Wall, a New Zealand lawmaker who sponsored the bill that 2013 legalized gay marriage that South Pacific untry, said the statement om the Vatin’s orthodoxy office seemed ngent wh Pope Francis last year exprsg support for a civil unn law. “If I uld addrs the pope directly, I’d say that s li not wh same-sex relatnships, but wh those who voke God to ph LGBTIQ people to the margs of society, ” add Croome, who is gay. ”“There is still a toxic culture towards LGBTI people our church and societi and this statement will no doubt be weaponized by those who want to flict more pa, discrimatn and sufferg on LGBTI folks both our church and civil society, pecially plac and muni that discrimate, margalize, harm, abe and even kill LGBTI persons, ” Oh the Philipp, Asia’s largt Catholic natn, gay rights lear Danton Remoto reacted wh exasperatn to the Vatin edict.

VATIN BANS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD ‘CANNOT BLS S’

”Remoto said ’s better to brg the stggle for gay rights the untry before lol ernments, which have passed more than 20 anti-discrimatn ordanc through the years.

”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 have the thory to bls gay unns.

” The Vatin’s orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy n bls gay Medichi / APThe note distguished between the church’s welg and blsg of gay people, which upheld, but not their unns. It argued that such unns are not part of God's plan and that any such sacramental regnn uld be nfed wh note immediately 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 as the church’s teachg on homosexualy.

VATIN RDALS FEND GAY UNN BLSG BAN AMID DISSENT

Francis DeBernardo, executive director of New Ways Mistry, which advot for greater acceptance of gays the church, predicted the Vatin posn will be ignored, cludg by some Catholic clergy. “Catholic people regnize the hols of the love between mted same-sex upl and regnize this love as dively spired and dively supported and th meets the standard to be blsed, ” he said a Vatin holds that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect, but that gay sex is “trsilly disorred.

” Catholic teachg holds that marriage, a lifelong unn between a man and woman, is part of God’s plan and is tend for the sake of creatg new gay unns aren't tend to be part of that plan, they n't be blsed by the church, the document said. ”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 and acpany gays the Rev. The German church has been at the foreont of phg the bate on celibacy, ntraceptn and the church's outreach to gay Catholics, prsured by a powerful lay Catholic group mandg change.

“There are no easy answers to qutns like the, " he said, addg that the German church wasn't only lookg at the church's current moral teachg, but the velopment of doctre and the actual realy of Catholics mentators noted that Catholic Book of Blsgs ntas r of blsgs that n be btowed on everythg om new hom and factori to animals, sportg events, seeds before plantg and farm 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. “This would be erroneo and misleadg, ” the article 2003, the same Vatin office issued a siar cree sayg that the church’s rpect for gay people “nnot lead any way to approval of homosexual behavr or to legal regnn of homosexual unns. ”The cree me as the Vatin’s orthodoxy office, lled the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah (CDF), rpond to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy n bls same-sex church has prevly weled gay people to s fold but do not regnize their unns as marriag.

ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL

“The prence such relatnships of posive elements, which are themselv to be valued and appreciated, nnot jtify the relatnships and renr them legimate objects of an ecclial blsg, sce the posive elements exist wh the ntext of a unn not orred to the Creator’s plan, ” the CDF said s Francis, meanwhile, supports “providg gay upl wh legal protectns same-sex unns, but that is reference to the civil sphere, not wh the church, ” The Associated Prs an terview wh Mexin broadster Televisa 2019, Francis said: “Homosexual people have the right to be a fay. Such projects are not equently motivated by a scere sire to wele and acpany homosexual persons, to whom are proposed paths of growth fah, “so that those who manift a homosexual orientatn n receive the assistance they need to unrstand and fully rry out God’s will their liv. This is bee they would nstute a certa imatn or analogue of the nuptial blsg voked on the man and woman uned the sacrament of Matrimony, while fact “there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God’s plan for marriage and fay.

”The claratn of the unlawfulns of blsgs of unns between persons of the same sex is not therefore, and is not tend to be, a form of unjt discrimatn, but rather a remr of the tth of the lurgil re and of the very nature of the sacramentals, as the Church unrstands Christian muny and s Pastors are lled to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns, and will know how to fd the most appropriate ways, nsistent wh Church teachg, to proclaim to them the Gospel s fullns.

At the same time, they should regnize the genue nearns of the Church – which prays for them, acpani them and shar their journey of Christian fah – and receive the teachgs wh scere answer to the proposed dubium do not preclu the blsgs given to dividual persons wh homosexual clatns, who manift the will to live fily to the revealed plans of God as proposed by Church teachg.

VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'

€ The Vatin’s orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy n bls gay unns (AP Photo/Andrew Medichi, pool).

€ The Vatin’s orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, issued a formal rponse to a qutn about whether Catholic clergy n bls gay unns. Later Thursday, Boston Cardal Sean O’Malley and Cardal Peter Turkson, head of the Vatin’s velopment office, poted to Francis’ pastoral outreach to gay men and lbians but repeated the church’s posn. In a statement on his dcan webse, Kohlgraf said he stood by views he exprsed wrg last month that appeared to endorse var lurgil blsgs for gay upl that some prits already were g.

The Catholic Church and s prits nnot bls same-sex unns bee God "nnot bls s, " the Vatin said Vatin's orthodoxy office, the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah, said was rpondg to qutns about gay unns.

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"The blsg of homosexual unns nnot be nsired lic, " the statement says, addg that "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God’s plan for marriage and fay.

"Jim Bretzke, a prit, thor and profsor of theology at John Carroll Universy Oh, said the Vatin's latt statement on the qutn appears to be attemptg to "thread a needle" s acceptance of gay people but not gay unns. Vcent and the Grenad, where gay sex is still homelsns to ongog physil and verbal abe, the gay muny the small natn of some 100, 000 people says is unr nstant threat.

FLEMISH BISHOPS PUBLISH ‘GAY UNN’ LURGY

Vcent, anal sex is punishable by up to 10 years prison, while “gross cency” wh another person of the same sex is punishable by up to five years, acrdg to lonial-era laws that are mon the socially nservative Caribbean rarely voked, the rights group and a lol activist said the laws help legimize hostily and abe agast gay people. ”Human Rights Watch terviewed more than 20 members of the island’s LGBTQ muny who shared their stori but were not intified to protect them, notg that lol police are often openly discrimatory toward gay people who seek help. Several reported that their fai are homophobic and physilly and verbally abed them, g them to bee homels and promptg some to nsir also stggle to fd jobs amid a high unemployment rate and said they face discrimatn, cludg a 19-year-old gay man who said he has rorted to beggg: “Sometim I am so hungry.

”González wh Human Rights Watch noted that 2019, the ernment held a workshop for public employe on the importance of rpectg gay rights, a rare move for a nservative Caribbean natn. 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.

That said, the vast majory of viss rema trouble-ee, even for visors who equent the cy’s ls-than-secret gay bar and club bt hotels MoswThe historic exterr of the Hotel Metropol, facg the ternatnally-celebrated Bolshoi Theatre and close to many of the other ma thgs to do Mosw, is nothg pared to s sumptuo terrs.

VATIN BARS GAY UNN BLSG, SAYS GOD 'N'T BLS S'

"Pope Francis exprsly asks 'the fai to offer rpectful pastoral guidance so that their homosexual members n enjoy the necsary support to unrstand and fully acplish the will of God their liv" (AL, §250), the statement mataed.

The prelat fend the new lurgil re by claimg that "believers who live a stable homosexual relatnship also sire rpect and appreciatn wh the fah muny" and "want to be heard and regnized. In March 2021, the Vatin's Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah provoked outrage among homosexual activists when issued a lg agast same-sex blsgs, emphasizg how God "do not and nnot bls s.

VATIN EXCLUS GAY UNN BLSG AS GOD 'N'T BLS S'

Sce "there are absolutely no grounds for nsirg homosexual unns to be any way siar or even remotely analogo to God's plan for marriage and fay, " nnot be lic to btow a blsg imatg "the nuptial blsg voked on the man and woman uned the sacrament of matrimony, " the rponsum clarified.

In two wav of rebelln durg January and May 2022, hundreds of prits Germany rpond to the CDF's rponsum by openly offerg "gay blsgs" unr the banner of "#liebegewnt" (love ws), Church Milant reported. In 2020, the pontiff personally phoned homosexual uple Andrea Rubera and Dar De Gregor to affirm their fay and urge them to attend the lol parish along wh their children.