1969: Digny, the first group for LGBTQ Catholics, is found. The Stonewall Rts, the begng of the gay rights movement, follow a police raid.
Contents:
- WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
- LIVG S? HOW GAY CATHOLICS MANAGE THEIR CONFLICTG SEXUAL AND RELIG INTI
- GAY AND CATHOLIC - ACCEPTG MY SEXUALY, FDG COMMUNY, LIVG MY FAH
- CAN CATHOLICS “PRAY AWAY THE GAY?”
WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
* gay catholicism *
In the wake of Pope Francis’ recent ment about same-sex civil unns, Pew Rearch Center nducted this analysis to better unrstand what Catholics around the world thk about legal regnn for same-sex upl and homosexualy general.
The term “homosexualy, ” while sometim nsired anachronistic the current era, is the most applible and easily translatable term to e when askg this qutn across societi and languag and has been ed other cross-natnal studi, cludg the World Valu Survey. The Roman Catholic Church, the largt Christian nomatn the Uned Stat wh an timated 62 ln members, has weled celibate gay and lbian people to s church life but creasgly is beg more tolerant even of this populatn.
LIVG S? HOW GAY CATHOLICS MANAGE THEIR CONFLICTG SEXUAL AND RELIG INTI
Here s a real pastoral qutn to nsir What place nbsp is there for nbsp the gay person the Catholic church nbsp Wh the warng om the archdce of Washgton D C that would pull out of social servic the cy rather than acce to a bill that would afford benefs to same * gay catholicism *
The Catechism of the Catholic Church, a text which ntas dogmas and teachgs of the Church, nam “homosexual acts” as “trsilly immoral and ntrary to the natural law, ” and nam “homosexual tennci” as “objectively disorred. The 1986 Letter stat, “Although the particular clatn of the homosexual person is not a s, is a more or ls strong tenncy orred toward an trsic moral evil; and th the clatn self mt be seen as an objective disorr. A 2005 Vatin document, approved by then Pope Benedict XVI, stcted that the Church “nnot adm to the semary or to holy orrs those who practice homosexualy, prent ep-seated homosexual tennci or support the so-lled ‘gay culture.
GAY AND CATHOLIC - ACCEPTG MY SEXUALY, FDG COMMUNY, LIVG MY FAH
Abstract. This article exam the negotiatn of sexual and relig inti among gay and lbian stunts on a Catholic universy mp. We explore * gay catholicism *
1977: New Ways Mistry is found by School Sister of Notre Dame Jeanne Gramick and Salvatorian Father Robert Nugent rponse to Brooklyn Bishop Francis Mugavero’s vatn to reach out “new ways” to lbian and gay Catholics. 1986: The Vatin Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah issu “A Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, ” which stated that “although the particular clatn of the homosexual person is not a s, is a more or ls strong tenncy orred toward an trsic moral evil; and th the clatn self mt be seen as an objective disorr. 1992: A Gallup survey for DignyUSA shows that 78 percent of Catholics are favor of gay/lbian civil rights, and 46 percent agree that “sexual relatns between gay or lbian persons a mted relatnship uld be morally acceptable.
1999: The Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah issu a notifitn statg that the founrs of New Ways Mistry, School Sister of Notre Dame Jeanne Gramick and Salvatorian Father Robert Nugent, “are permanently prohibed om any pastoral work volvg homosexual persons.
2000: At Lent, Cardal Roger Mahony issu an apology to those that he or the Roman Catholic Church may have offend, cludg: “I ask pardon of our Catholic homosexual and lbian members when the church has appeared to be non-supportive of their stggl or of fallg to homophobia.
CAN CATHOLICS “PRAY AWAY THE GAY?”
2016: Congregatn for the Clergy rtat guil on admtg gay prits, sayg: “The Church, while profoundly rpectg the persons qutn, nnot adm to the semary or to holy orrs those who practice homosexualy, prent ep-seated homosexual tennci or support the so-lled ‘gay culture’.
C., that would pull out of social servic the cy rather than acce to a bill that would afford benefs to same-sex spo, a qutn, too long neglected, aris for the whole church: What is a gay Catholic supposed to do life? A gay layman I know who serv an important role a dce (and even wr some of his bishop's statements on social jtice) has a solid theologil tn and sir to serve the church, but fds impossible to be open the face of the bishop's repeated disparagg remarks about gays.
They ed a number of strategi to rencile nflictg inti, cludg limg their relig volvement, qutng terpretatn of the doctre, unrmg prits’ thory, tryg to reject homosexual attractn, puttg tst God’s plan, g profsnal help, and seekg acceptance om clergy.