German Catholics challenge the Vatin's nservative teachg on gay blsgs and female preachers.
Contents:
- GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
- GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL
- DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL
- GERMANY'S QUIET CATHOLIC REBELLN ON GAY BLSGS AND WOMEN PREACHERS
- CATHOLIC PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY COUPL, DEFYG POPE
- GERMAN CATHOLICS TO BLS GAY UNNS SPE VATIN BAN
- GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany held servic to bls gay upl, fiance of the Vatin’s refal to regnize same-sex unns. * german priests blessing gay couples *
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTMore than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany held servic to bls gay upl, fiance of the Vatin’s refal to regnize same-sex Hoerhager/DPA, via Associated PrsBERLIN — More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany offered blsgs to gay upl on Monday fiance of church teachg and their own ll for natnwi blsgs me rponse to a cree issued by the Vatin on March 15, rercg the church’s prohibn of prits askg for God’s benevolence for gay upl, statg that God “do not and nnot bls s.
GERMAN PRITS FY VATIN TO BLS GAY UPL
“In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, ” the group said a statement.
Church doctre says that while gay people mt be treated wh digny, homosexualy is “trsilly disorred. ” Pope Francis has not changed this teachg, but has ocsnally raised the hop of gay Catholics by speakg of the need to love and wele gay and transgenr German church is among the most powerful and liberal the world, and Roman Catholics everywhere were watchg the rponse to the blsgs for signals of how the church might rpond to attempts at reform om those the pews and om the prits who are often among those most active fdg ways to clu gay men and lbians the church. “There has been this credible discsn Germany about same-sex upl specifilly that has not taken place anywhere else, ” said Francis DeBernardo, the executive director of New Ways Mistry, which reprents gay and lbian Catholics the Uned Stat.
“We held a blsg service this Valente’s Day, but was important to view of this story om Rome to send a clear signal that the church mt regnize, honor and appreciate life all of s many lors, ” said Father Mönkebüscher, who intifi as gay.
DOZENS OF GERMAN PRITS WILL FY THE VATIN AND LIVE-STREAM BLSGS OF GAY UPL
“We n’t ignore the fact that a lot of homosexual upl have already left the church. More about Melissa EddyA versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 9 of the New York edn wh the headle: Defyg Rome Decree, German Prits Bls Gay Coupl. In many plac, a general blsg was given at the end of the service, which, however, explicly clud homosexual upl and their relatnships.
Several German bishops have prevly spoken favor of blsgs for homosexual unns, cludg Ge Bätzg (Limburg), Franz-Josef Overbeck (Essen), Helmut Dier (Aachen), Rehard Marx (Munich and Freisg), Franz-Josef Bo (Osnabrück), Peter Kohlgraf (Maz), and Herich Timmerevers (Drn-Meissen). Thoands of German prits and church employe have also signed a petn llg on the Church to extend blsgs to same-sex upl, while some parish have also displayed rabow flags outsi Catholic Church Germany is more liberal and wealthy than many other untri and the creasgly vol acceptance of gay upl will be hard for the Vatin to ignore, the BBC's Damien McGuns Berl marriage has been legal Germany sce 2017 and the untry has also banned so-lled "gay nversn therapy" for might be terted :Media ptn, Comg out to my parents: Dad 'proud' of gay Mlim sonMore on this story.
Dozens of Catholic prits Germany plan fy the Vatin and bls homosexual partnerships, wh many set to live-stream the blsgs onle.
GERMANY'S QUIET CATHOLIC REBELLN ON GAY BLSGS AND WOMEN PREACHERS
In rponse, more than 230 profsors of Catholic theology Germany – and other untri where German is spoken – signed a statement prottg the cisn, the Associated Prs a statement, the group clared that the cree "is marked by a paternalistic air of superry and discrimat agast homosexual people and their life plans. "In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, " the group said a statement. A group of dissentg prits has also piled a list of church servic that will take place natnwi on or around May 10, where prits will publicly bls gay upl.
While the Vatin holds that gay people mt be treated wh digny and rpect and n be blsed, gay sex is "trsilly disorred. But drew notable phback Germany, which has seen discsn on hot-button issu such as the church’s teachg on homosexualy as part of a formal procs of bate and Moenkebucher, a pastor om wtern Germany who helped iate blsgs for same-sex upl last year, told the dpa news agency that the participants the new iative were spired by a public g-out by 185 actors Germany last iative is llg for all LGBTIQ who work for the church to jo up, and appealg to bishops to give s manifto public support. Your thoughts on german tholic Prits blsg gay upl.
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CATHOLIC PRITS GERMANY BLS GAY COUPL, DEFYG POPE
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Homophobia of my church mak me angry and I am ashamed of . There are 35 upl total, cludg homosexuals, heterosexuals, married, divorced and unmarried people. German Catholic Prits Defy Rome to Offer Blsgs to Gay Coupl Light of Tth May 16th, 2021 More than 100 Roman Catholic parish Germany offered blsgs to gay upl on May 10 fiance of church teachg and their own bishops.
The ll for natnwi blsgs me rponse to a cree issued by the Vatin on March 15, rercg the church’s prohibn of prits askg for God’s benevolence for gay upl, statg that God “do not and nnot bls s. “In view of the refal of the Congregatn for the Doctre of the Fah to bls homosexual partnerships, we raise our voic and say: We will ntue to acpany people who enter to a bdg partnership the future and bls their relatnship, ” the group said a state-ment.
GERMAN CATHOLIC PRITS DEFY ROME TO OFFER BLSGS TO GAY COUPL
A prit Germany harshly cricized the church’s refal to orda women and gay men, as well as s unwillgns to bls same-genr upl, llg some Catholics “bouncers” for their exclnary attus.
May nounced the refal of the church to orda gay men, argug that a person’s sexualy should not prohib them om servg the church.