The money quote from the article:
"Replied when asked about the Vatican's alleged "gay lobby" that while a lobby might be an issue, he doesn't have any problem with the inclination to homosexuality itself: "Who am I to judge them if they're seeking the Lord in good faith?"
First, the "inclination" to homosexuality is not and has never been considered a sin: it is a temptation, and a disorder, but temptation and disorder are not sin. Sin is a giving-in, a cooperation with the temptation. A decision, a fall, a choice, a sinful act, a sinful lifestyle, a sinful behavior, a relationship predicated upon upon that behavior.
Second, he stipulated that the person is "seeking the Lord in good faith." "Good" entails having turned away from "evil." "Good faith" is compatible with repentance, not with continued sin.
From the Catechism (LINK)(these are just excerpts, paragraphs 2357-2359, but you can read the whole thing in context here):
"Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. "The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. "Homosexual persons are called to chastity." |
Context, context, context.
And by the way, I did google (obviously, since I put up google links). Ignoring the links is ignoring the evidence needed for an accurate assessment and a just judgment.