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To: SkyPilot

Words of the document. It does not condone the sin of homosexuality. Once again the liberal press writes what they want, instead of the facts.

50. Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a fraternal space in our communities? Often they wish to encounter a Church that offers them a welcoming home. Are our communities capable of providing that, accepting and valuing their sexual orientation, without compromising Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?

51. The question of homosexuality leads to a serious reflection on how to elaborate realistic paths of affective growth and human and evangelical maturity integrating the sexual dimension: it appears therefore as an important educative challenge. The Church furthermore affirms that unions between people of the same sex cannot be considered on the same footing as matrimony between man and woman. Nor is it acceptable that pressure be brought to bear on pastors or that international bodies make financial aid dependent on the introduction of regulations inspired by gender ideology.

52. Without denying the moral problems connected to homosexual unions it has to be noted that there are cases in which mutual aid to the point of sacrifice constitutes a precious support in the life of the partners. Furthermore, the Church pays special attention to the children who live with couples of the same sex, emphasizing that the needs and rights of the little ones must always be given priority.


40 posted on 10/13/2014 12:27:18 PM PDT by free_life (If you ask Jesus to forgive you and to save you, He will.)
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To: free_life
50. Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community: are we capable of welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a fraternal space in our communities?

No, and we shouldn't be, any more than pedophiles. etc.

Thanks, Vatican, but I'll stick with my Latin Mass and pre- Vatican II Catholicism.

42 posted on 10/13/2014 12:38:37 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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The states have already driven the religious institutions out of adoption over homosexuality. There isn’t much left.


84 posted on 10/13/2014 7:49:01 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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