Posted on 08/08/2024 2:33:11 PM PDT by ebb tide
Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the archbishop of Washington, D.C., speaking at the “Outreach” Conference for Catholics who identify as LGBTQ, stressed the need for unity in what he called “an extraordinary if not risky moment for our Church and country.”
In his homily, Cardinal Gregory said that “the presence and the pastoral needs of our LGBTQ sisters and brothers may often be viewed as a volatile topic, but they must be faced with sincerity and genuine compassion.”
He shared his hopes that the conference would advance the goal of making the Church and the nation “stronger, holier, and more welcoming.”
According to the conference website, Outreach “gathers LGBTQ laypeople, clergy, scholars, artists, educators, students, and family members to build community, share best practices, and worship together.”
The conference is organized by Outreach, a Catholic LGBTQ resource group founded by Jesuit priest and theologian Father James Martin.
This year the conference took place Aug. 2–4 at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. The event included several talks, panel discussions, times for prayer, and social events. Topics included “parenting LGBTQ children,” “transgender Catholics and the Church,” “the Bible and homosexuality,” and “gifts of a life of chastity.”
By presiding over the Saturday Mass in Georgetown’s Dahlgren Chapel, Cardinal Gregory became the first cardinal to participate in the conference.
During his homily, he emphasized that the Church and nation are at a critical moment, one that demands open dialogue.
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I don’t give a damn what your proclivities are, i just don’t wa t to have to pay for your freak
These Marxist bishops’ and priests’ constant focus on homosexuality is tiresome. It merely shows their own perversion.
Maybe add a “DC” to the lgbqt+ acronym.....
Namely Disbelieving Catholic LGBQT+ or DCLGBQT+
reflects their identity much better...
Exactly. Many moons ago I saw Bishop Wilton Gregory on EWTN — perhaps commenting on a papal visit or sone such thing. He’s a very effeminate black man. Some decades back the seminaries began admitting homosexuals, and now they’ve made their way into the hierarchy and are perverting Catholic teaching and traditions.
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