Posted on 02/23/2021 5:52:07 PM PST by marshmallow
CNA Staff, Feb 23, 2021 / 02:00 pm MT (CNA).- A German Catholic bishop has publicly defended his support for a book of blessings and rites for homosexual unions.
Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz also suggested that Catholics with homosexual inclinations cannot all be expected to live chastely and the Church should adopt a pastoral approach that acknowledges this.
“Quite a few people who have homosexual attractions belong to the Church and are truly pious in the best sense of the word,” Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz wrote in a column for his diocesan newspaper that was also published on the diocese’s website, with the headline “Don’t ignore science,” on Feb. 3.
“As to the demand for chastity: what does it mean from the perspective of people who experience same-sex attraction? I think that few of them would consider this demand as tactful and respectful, because -- as the Catechism also knows -- this inclination is not self-selected.”
The book of blessings, entitled “Paare. Riten. Kirche.” (Couples, Rites, Church), is published by Bonifatiusverlag, a publishing house affiliated with the Archdiocese of Paderborn. The book also contains a foreword by Bishop Ludger Schepers, an auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Essen.
Bishop Kohlgraf confirmed on Feb. 3 that members of his diocesan staff participated in the book’s production and affirmed his support for its publication. He also said that he was soon “made aware” that many different forms of blessings for homosexual couples already existed “and would continue to exist” after he was made bishop of Mainz in 2017.
The bishop is the latest in a series of German prelates publicly calling for changes in the Church’s stance on homosexuality. There have also been similar appeals in neighboring Austria. In May 2020, a book considering how homosexual couples might receive.......
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>>Bishop Peter Kohlgraf of Mainz also suggested that Catholics with homosexual inclinations cannot all be expected to live chastely and the Church should adopt a pastoral approach that acknowledges this.
They don’t even believe in monogamy.
Urination, BDSM, public sex. The 70s were a very sick time when homosexuality came out of the closet and the pride parades attest to this.
“chaste”?
They call basic connections “vanilla” and “boring”.
Jonathan Edwards once said,
“You contributed nothing to your salvation except the sin that made it necessary.”
On this topic, Bible is very clear. Both in Old and New Testament.
As a matter of fact, Greco - Roman world was 100% for pedophilia and homosexuality.
It was the arrival of Christianity, which changed all that!
We are seeing the neopaganism coming back.
Sad, when Church is trying to participate. The old Christians would rather be thrown to beasts, than do that!
Won’t be long and some of these radicals will want to change Jesus’ name to Jaime or similar.
Where is a Catholic pope who will proclaim these heretics to be anathema?
If they wanna re-write the Bible, I have some suggestions...#1, take out that part about sexual intercourse with easy women being sin and stuff. (In spite of the fact many on FR already believe the Bible makes it ok, please make it easier for dopes like me to read where it makes that part clear.)
They love the art, the pageantry, and being around other “celibate” men with similar inclinations.
“what is it with Catholics and fags, huh?”
Homosexuality is one of the tools Satan has invented with which to vex and bullyrag humanity, and the Catholic Church in particular.
Satan loves it when evil men enter the priesthood. He received good service in that regard from the KGB, which expended a great deal of effort into infiltrating nasty commie cork-soakers into Catholic seminaries.
Yes, very funny.
Tell me, do you doubt this historical fact?
Found this - Abp Chaput on Priest James Martin: https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/after-chaput-warning-bishops-weigh-in-on-fr-james-martin-28020
They are disregarding the whole concept of repentance.
Well, the concept of a celibate priesthood does provide cover for the question of “When is your son going to get married?”.
That said, there has been an effort, ongoing for nearly a century, by communists to sabotage the Catholic Church by infiltrating it with homosexuals.
https://kevinsymonds.com/2021/01/13/dodd-infiltration-priesthood/
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