‘Emergency In The Church’: Catholic Leaders Decry Vatican Report That Pushes Homosexuality |
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‘Emergency In The Church’: Catholic Leaders Decry Vatican Report That Pushes Homosexuality
Father Gerald Murray called the ‘Vatican-sponsored’ report a ‘full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.’
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The Vatican’s decision to publish a synod study group’s report that includes testimonies of two men in same-sex “marriages” who claim to have been wounded by the church’s teaching that homosexuality is “contrary to the natural law” is drawing outrage among faithful Catholics.
Earlier this month the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the 32-page report, prepared by Study Group No. 9 — one of those initiated by Pope Francis in 2024.
While originally tasked with examining issues considered to be “controversial” within the church, the group apparently decided on its own to switch “paradigms” by framing these issues as “emerging.” That move, explained early on in the report, set the stage for suggesting a shift from sound Catholic doctrine about marriage and sexuality to what canon lawyer and pastor Father Gerald Murray called a “full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.”
The authors of the jargon-infused report employed the linguistic tactics so common among those attempting to lead people to question their closely held beliefs.
Whereas Catholic teaching asserts marriage can only be between a man and a woman, the study group went so far as to say they find it “necessary” to be bold and suggest that Catholics can talk about same-sex “marriage” in a way that is equal to marriage between a man and a woman. “Applying principles,” the study group argues, suggests a “rigid manner,” while “engaging with the lived experience of faith” helps to promote “a living encounter” with Jesus “in relation to the diverse situations of life and the many cultural contexts.”
In order to bolster their suggestion that the teachings of the Church be less “rigid,” the group brought in witnesses — two men, both proud to be in same-sex unions and both arguing that the church’s teachings about marriage and sexuality have hurt them. The report’s authors cite........