The Roman Catholic Church signaled a more acceptg stance toward gay people a report bishops released durg the Vatin’s synod on the fay this week, a posn already embraced by a majory of Amerin Catholics, particularly younger adults.
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MY CATHOLIC KID IS GAY! NOW WHAT??
Could Catholic schools please stop firg gay teachers now? * catholic gay youth *
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Catholics who gathered at Newark’s Cathedral Basili of the Sacred Heart, and 2019, he told NBC News that he found the church’s language around homosexualy to be “very unfortunate” and “hurtful. Acrdg to the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn, lbian, gay and bisexual youth are bullied and attempt suici at higher rat than their heterosexual peers.
A GAY CATHOLIC TEEN
I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian. From that perspective, I'd like to share what I thk is an thentilly lovg rponse to what strik fear to the hearts of most fahful Catholic parents: your son or dghter g out as a gay man or lbian. That I will love him even if he emerg as an on-fire, flamg homosexual drag queen, even if I'm prayg for that NOT to happen!
This msage — that he is more than "gay" — is somethg he won't be hearg the gay subculture. There is no greater weapon the battle for chasty — for gay or straight people — than the Eucharist and Confsn. But what if my son cid to live openly as a gay man and had a partner?