The Vatin said on Monday that prits nnot bls same-sex unns and that such blsgs are not valid, a lg that greatly disappoted gay Catholics who had hoped their Church was beg more welg unr Pope Francis.
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
The Catechism clearly stat that men and women who have “ep-seated homosexual tennci” are lled to fulfill God’s will their liv, and by prayer and sacramental grace, they n and should gradually and rolutely approach Christian perfectn (see Nos.
DO CATHOLICS DENY COMMUNN TO GAY PEOPLE?
Even those who strongly endorse the possibily of two people of the same sex gettg married ntue to distguish “gay marriage” om “tradnal marriage. 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.
MAY A GAY PERSON RECEIVE HOLY COMMUNN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH?
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. " 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.
INFORMATN FOR GAY & LBIAN CATHOLICS
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.
IN SETBACK FOR GAY CATHOLICS, VATIN SAYS CHURCH NNOT BLS SAME-SEX UNNS
’”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. " to a qutn om a reporter about gay prits.