The Pope’s ‘shockg’ statement on gay marriage is g an uproar among Catholics – The Hill

Contents:

• THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS
• CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N'T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE COMMUNN
• WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE
• POPE TO CHURCH: BE MORE ACCEPTG OF DIVORCED CATHOLICS, GAYS AND LBIANS
• GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL
• WHY "GAY MARRIAGE" IS WRONG

THE POPE’S ‘SHOCKG’ STATEMENT ON GAY MARRIAGE IS G AN UPROAR AMONG CATHOLICS

" It lled on Catholics "to wele wh rpect and sensivy persons wh homosexual clatns. " The Vatin also said that s refal to give relig approval to same-sex marriage do not preclu givg blsgs to homosexual people.

" The Vatin's msage ced Francis' own words om 2016, when he wrote, "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.

CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N'T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE COMMUNN

Pope Francis has been viewed wh ut optimism by LGBTQ groups bee of remarks like his statement, wily published 2020, that homosexuals are "part of the fay" and that same-sex and other nontradnal upl need a "civil unn law. Pope Francis recently revealed his support for gay civil unns, breakg om Catholic tradn.

Followg Pope Francis’s announcement clarg support for civil unn laws for same-sex upl, which breaks wh tradnal Catholic valu that oppose homosexual relatnships, the lear has garnered both cricism and support om people all over the world.

WHY THE ROMANS ARE IMPORTANT THE DEBATE ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Most recently, NBC reports that retired Philippe Bishop Arturo Bast mented that he “had very ser doubts about the moral rrectns” of the Pope’s stance on legalizg gay relatnships.

“I am really sndalized by his fense of homosexual unn, which surely leads to immoral acts. ANTI-GAY GOP LAWMAKER VOTED AGAINST CORONAVIRUS BILL BECAUSE IT ‘REDEFINED FAMILY’.

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POPE TO CHURCH: BE MORE ACCEPTG OF DIVORCED CATHOLICS, GAYS AND LBIANS

In the film, the pontiff said that gay dividuals are “children of God and have a right to a fay. While the lear of the Catholic Church exprsed his support for gay civil unns, other branch of the church rema adamant the tradnal Catholic valu. GAY CONVERSION THERAPY OFFICIALLY BANNED IN VIRGINIA.

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.

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.

GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL

” While the Catholic Church do not nsir “homosexual orientatn” sful and of self, do have a very negative attu toward . 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.

WHY "GAY MARRIAGE" IS WRONG

The Catechism further stat that “Homosexual persons are lled to chasty.

” The Vatin’s polici, however, state that those wh “homosexual tennci... 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. ” ment––ma rponse to a qutn about the acceptabily of gay men as prits––his statement is not official church teachg.

Today, many men’s relig orrs and some bishops often make their own cisns regardg gay men as ndidat for the semary and prithood.