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I’m confused. The Catholic church doesn’t recognize civil marriages of heterosexuals, yet homos have to get a divorce to be Catholic? (not that I think practicing homos should receive communion, “married” or not)

If homosexuals contract a civil marriage, they have made a public and manifest declaration that they have what they intend to be an ongoing sexual relationship. The Church, of course, does not consider them married under any circumstances. But it's the public announcement which indicates ongoing non-repentance.

Thius makes it different from private, secretive homosexuality relations. That's a sin as well, but since the church does not conduct household surveillance, there's no way to know it's happening unless they do something public, e.g. put it in the papers or put a video on YouTube. Ecch.

Come to think of it, they did put it in the papers.

The undoing of this scandalous sign would be the divorce and the positive statement which the bishop required. Good on the bishop.

I’m confused. The Catholic church doesn’t recognize civil marriages of heterosexuals, yet homos have to get a divorce to be Catholic?

This falls under scandal. Civil homosexual "marriage" is tantamount to a public announcement that one is engaging in sodomy. So besides renouncing and confessing sodomy itself, the penitent has to "publicly declare" his renunciation of sodomy, by abrogating his civil "marriage."