What does the catholic church say about gay marriage

A few years before gay marriage became the law of the land, I was in a Baltimore pub having dinner with a Jesuit priest. We were talking about vocation, and I was telling him I wanted to go to graduate college so I could learn how to offer theological arguments in favor of homosexuality.

“And you know”, I told him, “the story of Sodom and Gomorrah isn’t about homosexuality per se, but rape. Even Jesus interprets the cities’ downfall in terms of their inhospitality.”

“Sure”, he said, taking another drink.

“And the biblical laws prohibiting lgbtq+ activity were intended to maximise the population”, I added.

He nodded.

“And Paul’s rhetoric about what goes against nature …”

He cut me off. “Why are you so obsessed with this? You want to focus all your graduate operate on this?”

I didn’t understand the question. I had to center all my attention on this. These were the so-called “clobber passages” that Catholics and Protestants alike have used to marginalise gay people for centuries. I couldn’t just leave them be. I couldn’t just let them go unchallenged.

“Taking on these passa

INTRODUCTION

1. In recent years, various questions relating to homosexuality include been addressed with some frequency by Pope John Paul II and by the relevant Dicasteries of the Divine See.(1) Homosexuality is a troubling moral and social phenomenon, even in those countries where it does not display significant legal issues. It gives soar to greater worry in those countries that have granted or intend to grant &#x; legal recognition to queer unions, which may include the possibility of adopting children. The present Considerations do not include new doctrinal elements; they seek rather to reiterate the essential points on this question and provide arguments drawn from reason which could be used by Bishops in preparing more specific interventions, appropriate to the different situations throughout the earth, aimed at protecting and promoting the dignity of marriage, the foundation of the family, and the stability of society, of which this institution is a constitutive element. The present Considerations are also intended to give advice to Catholic politicians by indicatin

Pope Francis allows blessings for same-sex couples under certain conditions

The Vatican has approved a landmark ruling to allow Roman Catholic priests to administer blessings to same-sex couples as distant as they are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies, nor given in contexts comparable to civil unions or weddings.

A document from the Vatican’s doctrinal office approved by Pope Francis on Monday said such blessings would not legitimise irregular situations but be a sign that God welcomes all.

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The document backed “the possibility of blessings for couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex” but “this blessing should never be imparted in concurrence with the ceremonies of a civil union, and not ev

Vatican approves blessings for homosexual couples in landmark verdict for LGBTQ Catholics

Roman Catholic priests will be qualified to bless same-sex couples, as long as the blessings are not part of regular Church rituals or liturgies, under a landmark ruling approved by Pope Francis.

Key points:

The Catholic Church teaches that gay attraction is not sinful but homosexual acts are
The church previously barred lgbtq+ couples from receiving blessings in a ruling, saying God 'cannot bless sin'
The Vatican now says priests should decide whether to thank same-sex couples on a case-by-case basis

A document from the Vatican's doctrinal office, which effectively reversed a declaration the same body had issued in , said such blessings would not legitimise "irregular situations" but be a autograph that God welcomes all.

Blessings should in no way be confused with the sacrament of heterosexual marriage, the document said.

It said priests should decide on a case-by-case basis and "should not prevent or prohibit the church's closeness to people in every