Ahead of synod, prominent prelates publish on ‘LGBTQ issues’
CNA Newsroom, Sep 23, 2024 / 13:25 pm
Just days after organizers of the second session of the Synod on Synodality in October said hot-button topics were not the focus of discussions, two prominent participants have publicly weighed in on the question of Catholics identifying as LGBTQ.
Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe and Jesuit Father James Martin on Sept. 19 published personal reflections on pastoral approaches to Catholics experiencing same-sex attraction.
Radcliffe, who served as a spiritual assistant at the 2023 synod assembly, has courted controversy in the past with statements on same-sex attraction. He wrote in the Sept. 19 edition of L’Osservatore Romano, the newspaper of the Holy See, about being on “the synodal path with gay Catholics.”
The 79-year-old Dominican wrote that same-sex “desires,” like all desires, are “God-given” and need to be “educated” rather than denied. Radcliffe praised “mature gay Catholics” in “committed relationships.”
one needs to wonder whats going on in this pontificate“Church teaching is already developing as it is refreshed by lived experience: gay people are no longer seen only in terms of sexual acts but as our brothers and sisters who, according to Pope Francis, can be blessed,” Radcliffe added.
we recently heard of the excommuncation of Archb Vigano for promoting Catholic values and the truth
yet the sort of commentary by the dominican priest is permitted
anotherStrong opposition at the synod
Fr Martin
The controversial Jesuit, who attended the 2023 synod as a papal appointee, reported encountering strong opposition.
The priest, who founded the pro-LGBTQ group Outreach, outlined several objections he heard from synod participants, including that LGBTQ ideology represents a form of neo-colonialism imposed on traditional cultures.
3 words come to mind...what did God do to those practising at Sodom and Gomorrha“In the end, the best way to help those who oppose” LGBTQ, Martin wrote, “is to meet them, listen to them, and come to know them as beloved children of God, that is, our brothers and sisters in Christ.”
Yes but to create a pro- lgbqt or whatever they call themselves - shows support for the lifestyle that the catechism defines as "intrinsically disordered" and "under NO CIRCUMSTANCES can they be approved."Critics have over the years accused Martin of rejecting Catholic teaching on the sinfulness of homosexual acts, but he has insisted that he does not reject the teaching of the Church.
The Church’s consistent teaching on homosexuality is outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which states that while individuals with homosexual tendencies “must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity,” homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and “under no circumstances can they be approved” (CCC, 2357–2358).
Oh look at the timing.....how "coincidental" this should just suddenly come up days before the Synod meetsThe articles by Radcliffe and Martin come as the Synod on Synodality prepares to hold its second and final session from Oct. 2–27 at the Vatican.
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