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Posted on 05/14/2026 3:13:48 PM PDT by ebb tide
The author of the first testimony of the Vatican Synod on Synodality’s final report on “doctrinal, pastoral and ethical questions,” which falsely suggested that homosexual relationships may not be sinful, has been revealed as a Portuguese man in a homosexual “marriage” who previously met the heterodox Father James Martin, per a Thursday report.
A May 14 blog post on Pangina Catolica, which was translated into English by Vatican journalist Diane Montagna, revealed that the likely author of the first testimony of the Synod’s report is a Portuguese man named Lourenço, a “leader” of a Christian life community in Lisbon who is “married” to another man, João, who works as a sign language interpreter in Fatima. Martin notably mentioned this “couple” in a 2024 article for his pro-LGBT website Outreach entitled “How Same Sex Couples Have Blessed Me,” in which the Jesuit warmly recalled how meeting this homosexual “couple” on a visit to Fatima, during which they were “engaged” to be “civilly married,” was “one of the most enjoyable days” of his life.
“Both João and Lourenço, who were engaged to be civilly married the next month, had read some of my books in Portuguese and were bursting with questions,” Martin wrote. “Both are committed to their church and their faith. We talked nonstop for the whole drive through the beautiful countryside.”
“The visit was tremendously moving…. it was, I told them as I left the car that night, one of the most enjoyable days of my life,” the Jesuit added.
READ: Cardinal Müller condemns pro-homosexual synod report, ‘heretical’ LGBT ideology
In the first Synod testimony, a Portuguese layman wrote, “Eight years ago, I found my home in CVX… My spiritual life is anchored in the Eucharist, the daily Examen, and CVX.”
The Pangina Catolica author notes that CVX, Christian Life Community, is an association of laypeople inspired by Ignatian or Jesuit spirituality.
In his testimony, the Portuguese layman also wrote about his “husband,” who works as a sign interpreter for Masses in Fatima.
“My husband’s family, though loving, made his reality a taboo subject. He is a sign interpreter and works some Sundays per month interpreting the Mass in Fátima.”
Indeed, it was this Portuguese man’s testimony that included the scandalous line that “sin, at its root, does not consist in the (same-sex) couple relationship” but in “a lack of faith in a God who desires our fulfillment.”
“Within this struggle, yet simultaneously as a path toward its resolution, the account bears witness to the discovery that sin, at its root, does not consist in the (same-sex) couple relationship, but in a lack of faith in a God who desires our fulfillment,” he wrote.
Regardless of the report, the Catholic Church teaches that homosexual activity is mortally sinful and that homosexual inclinations are “objectively disordered.” The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: “Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that ‘homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.’”
Last week, Diane Montagna reported that the other anonymous individual whose testimony was relied on for the Synod report was Jason Steidl, an American man featured in a 2023 New York Times article who was photographed receiving a “blessing” from Martin with his male “partner.”
READ: Vatican Synod report uses Fr. James Martin’s homosexual activist friend as testimony
His testimony, the second listed in the report, begins: “My sexuality isn’t a perversion, disorder, or cross; it’s a gift from God. I have a happy, healthy marriage and am flourishing as an openly gay Catholic.”
The man recounts how he was unhappy with the Catholic apostolate Courage, which helps to support those suffering from homosexual inclinations who wish to live chastely. When he began his PhD in theology at Fordham University, he “learned new forms of theology” that claimed to reconcile Catholicism with acceptance of homosexual relationships, which he referred to as “life-giving.”
As noted by Montagna, his identity became clear when he mentioned authoring his first book, LGBTQ Catholic Ministry, Past and Present, which includes a foreword written by Martin.
Following the Synod report’s publication, Martin quickly celebrated the news, welcoming it as a “major step forward for the Catholic Church.”
Several Catholic clerics have since slammed the report for contradicting Church teaching. Bishop Joseph Strickland criticized the report as a “direct assault upon Catholic moral doctrine and upon the words of Scripture itself,” saying that the “Church cannot change what God Himself has revealed.”
The bishop emeritus of Tyler, Texas, also blasted Martin’s embrace of the report as a “step forward” for the Church.
READ: Bishop Strickland slams Fr. James Martin for supporting pro-homosexual Synod report
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Thought this may be on interest to you, oystir. Another hero for you to look up to!
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