More than 10 years ago, Joseph Prever found himself surg the ter for anythg that might help him: he was gay, Catholic, and nfed. Rourc were srce for a man stgglg wh homosexualy and tryg to rema fahful to the Church’s teachg.
Contents:
- THE POPE SAYS GAY CATHOLICS ARE BORN THIS WAY
- WHAT DO LOOK LIKE TO BE GAY – AND A PRACTICG CATHOLIC?
- WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
- PRO-GAY US PRIT H OVER FENSE OF LGBTQ CATHOLICS LATT BOOK
- EXPLORG PRO-GAY TEXTS THE BIBLE
- LIBERAL RDAL LLS FOR REVISED CATHOLIC TEACHG ON GAYS
THE POPE SAYS GAY CATHOLICS ARE BORN THIS WAY
Pope Francis reportedly reassured a Chilean man durg an timate meetg that he was born gay and that God loved him unndnally. * pro gay catholics *
” g om queer Catholics worldwi who are creasgly feelg seen by their Church’s lear, pecially after his latt ments support of the LGBTQ+ what is wily nsired to be his most acceptg statement to date, Pope Francis reportedly reassured a Chilean man durg an timate meetg that he was born gay and that God loved him unndnally. Not only has he prevly lled on Christians to apologize to gay people for their historic opprsn, but he’s also said fively that “God lov all his creatur, ” cludg queer folks, and that “we are sted to receive his fe love.
” rponse om 2013 wh regards to gay when the Vir of Christ tells someone of fah that he personally don’t re about their sexualy, and even go so far as to say that ’s herent and God-given, that gture alone is absolutely revolutnary, particularly for those of who have spent years lookg for validatn wh the Church and have stead enuntered closed doors wh signs that effectively read, “Knock and shall be opened to you.
WHAT DO LOOK LIKE TO BE GAY – AND A PRACTICG CATHOLIC?
* pro gay catholics *
We’ve had the Book of Levic thrown at ; we’ve heard that Adam and Eve (not Steve) are prent Genis; we’ve been told repeatedly that we’ll never be able to get married or possibly even adopt children om fah-based agenci bee of this notn that homosexualy, specifilly, is mak Pope Francis’ latt pro-gay pot that much more signifint, even if ’s the kd of sentiment that isn’t reciproted by tradnalists both the pews and at the altar. For stance, a handful of Amerin Cardals were clud promotnal materials last summer for ‘Why I Don’t Call Myself Gay, ’ a book wrten by a man renouncg his homosexualy to supposedly better follow J.
WHAT SHOULD A GAY CATHOLIC DO?
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 * pro gay catholics *
If that’s not bad enough, Pope Francis jt appoted homosexualy-promotg Newark Cardal Joseph Tob to oversee a very troublg suatn where a Catholic bishop was unrmed by the Vatin unr Pope Francis for standg up for Catholic valu. Jam Mart and has removed a prit his archdce om his parish apparent retaliatn for his cisn to burn a “rabow pri flag” prevly ed by the parish to promote the homosexual agenda. Jam Mart to speak his archdce and has signated a pro-gay prit who heads a homosexual-affirmg parish as the “Spirual Director for Victims” of sex abe for the Atlanta archdce.
PRO-GAY US PRIT H OVER FENSE OF LGBTQ CATHOLICS LATT BOOK
Our hope is that, by the time a young person begs askg qutns about their own sexual orientatn, they already tst that there is a place for gay people the Catholic Church. * pro gay catholics *
Jam Mart, has lled the Church’s teachgs on homosexualy “ unfortunate” and “hurtful”and he has weled homosexuals to the Cathedral Basili Newark as a part of an LGBT pilgrimage where Catholics “married to same-sex spo” were ved to participate the Sacrament of Holy Communn.
EXPLORG PRO-GAY TEXTS THE BIBLE
My belief the sancty of human life was supported by my own stggle to accept myself as a gay person. * pro gay catholics *
Bishop McElroy has said that labelg homosexual acts as “trsilly disorred, ” as the Catechism scrib them, is “very stctive language that I thk we should not e pastorally.
Bishop Steven Biegler has, alongsi a rdal and 10 bishops, teamed up wh a pro-homosexual advocy group to release a statement affirmg youths who intify as LGBT, statg, ”God is on your si. Bishop Edward Weisenburger has jt signed a statement partnership wh a pro-homosexual advocy group support of young people who intify as LGBT, tellg them that “God is on your si. Kopacz has, alongsi Cardal Joseph Tob and 10 bishops, teamed up wh a pro-homosexual advocy group to release their statement affirmg youths who intify as LGBT, statg, “God is on your si.
LIBERAL RDAL LLS FOR REVISED CATHOLIC TEACHG ON GAYS
The blog is about what 's like to be a gay Catholic – a gay Catholic who is of urse, celibate – and I say 'of urse' bee that seems to me like the only optn if you're gog to be both gay and Catholic.
My iends and I joke that there's a gay Catholic renaissance on, or actually a gay Christian renaissance on, and we're proud to be at the foreont of – or at least we tell ourselv that we're at the foreont.