[ReformationFan]

I’m not Catholic but as I understand this unless the Pope changed the position of what the RCC teaches on celibacy and natural marriage, he still opposes homosexual(and all other non-marital) sexual relations.

[spacejunkie2001]

****I’m not Catholic but as I understand this unless the Pope changed the position of what the RCC teaches on celibacy and natural marriage, he still opposes homosexual(and all other non-marital) sexual relations.***

Consider it a Catholic Executive Order.

If this is true color me unsurprised. This is what the Catholics have stood for for a very long time and now he’s out of the closet.

[pgkdan]

It's important to remeber that the Church has consistently made the distinction between having homosexual tendencies, desires, temptations etc, and being homsexually, sexually active.

The Pope is NOT saying that it's alright for priests to be active homosexuals.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Ref, you’re so often a voice of reason. Thank you.

[Eagles6]

That’s it. Catholic doctorine teaches that homosexuality is a grave disorder but not a sin. Acting on those desires is.

[Slambat]

“he still opposes homosexual(and all other non-marital) sexual relations.”

Nice try but Francis the fondler just outed himself.

[2harddrive]

“I’m not Catholic but as I understand this unless the Pope changed the position of what the RCC teaches on celibacy and natural marriage, he still opposes homosexual(and all other non-marital) sexual relations.”

You are correct. It is not a sin to BE a gay, only to engage in any sex acts, gay or otherwise, outside of man/woman marriage. That Church doctrine is NOT going to change, even if the Pope wanted to change it. He COULD NOT propound error on a matter of faith and morals. And there WERE Popes who WOULD have done so, IF they could have, in the Middle Ages, thus evidencing the concept of Papal Infallibility.