Do Catholics Deny Communn to Gay People? - The Stream

Contents:

• CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N'T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE COMMUNN
• CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N’T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE MUNN
• DO CATHOLICS DENY COMMUNN TO GAY PEOPLE?
• MAY A GAY PERSON RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
• INFORMATN FOR GAY & LBIAN CATHOLICS
• IN SETBACK FOR GAY CATHOLICS, VATIN SAYS CHURCH NNOT BLS SAME-SEX UNNS

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

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CATHOLIC DCE SAYS GAY AND TRANS PEOPLE N’T BE BAPTIZED OR RECEIVE MUNN

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Even those who strongly endorse the possibily of two people of the same sex gettg married ntue to distguish “gay marriage” om “tradnal marriage.

DO CATHOLICS DENY COMMUNN TO GAY PEOPLE?

I began to explore this qutn a book several years ago before the wispread legalizatn of same-sex marriage (Catholic Teachg on Homosexualy: New Paths to Unrstandg, 2012; see pecially pag 79-85) people of the same sex may want to form a pact or venant and share important elements of a stable life together, such as pannship and mutual support and even spirual acpaniment. In our culture and our legal system, the path of “gay marriage” is generally and practilly the only way to achieve those goals for a same-sex uple.

Furthermore, people gay marriag need to fulfill those requirements that obligate all Catholics for a worthy receptn of the Eucharist.

MAY A GAY PERSON RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?

" The Roman Catholic Church has long held that beg gay isn't a s but that beg a gay relatnship or havg gay sex is. They also n’t serve as wns at Catholic baptisms or, the guidance says, gay and transgenr people n participate such sacraments if they repent. For gay, lbian, bisexual and queer people, that would mean endg same-sex relatnships, and for trans people, would mean livg as the sex they were assigned at birth, although the guidance says trans people who have unrgone "physil chang to the body" aren’t required to reverse, acrdance wh Catholic doctre, the guidance says children of same-sex married upl n be baptized if they are raised the Catholic fah and tght that same-sex marriage go agast the church's teachgs.

’”Marianne Duddy-Burke, the executive director of DignyUSA, which advot for LGBTQ rights the Catholic Church, said the guidance is part of a larger trend of dc’ "makg statements that look like they're tryg to be helpful to gay, queer and transgenr people but that are really dog harm to the spirual, emotnal and physil health of our muny and to fai.

INFORMATN FOR GAY & LBIAN CATHOLICS

" to a qutn om a reporter about gay prits. Anyone who has eely and liberately been volved homosexual activy, knowg is gravely immoral, and has not repented and sought and received the Sacrament of Renciliatn, is a state of mortal s. For example, nyg practicg homosexuals Communn has been done some plac and triggered a media and eccliastil bacle.

The first prciple we should work om is love; we have to love practicg homosexuals and our actns should flow om that.

IN SETBACK FOR GAY CATHOLICS, VATIN SAYS CHURCH NNOT BLS SAME-SEX UNNS

"The Roman Catholic Church has long held the view that beg gay is not a s but beg a same-sex relatnship or havg gay sex is.