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Jan 28, 2023 · Pope Francis pens a letter to Jesuit Fr. James Martin explaining his recent comments in an interview with AP that “being homosexual is not a crime”, saying he was referring to Catholic doctrine that teaches that every sexual act outside of marriage is a sin. By Vatican News.
Dec 19, 2023 · A day after the pope’s announcement that Catholic priests may bless same-sex couples, one New York couple receives theirs. Share full article. The Rev. James Martin gives a blessing to Jason...
Dec 19, 2023 · On Monday, Dec. 18, the Vatican’s doctrinal office issued a declaration stating that priests can bless same-sex couples as long as the blessing does not resemble a marriage or coincide with a...
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Regarding Father Martin’s follow-up tweet that Buttigieg is “legally married,” Father Bochanski said that “as we've seen in the whole question of laws and court decisions around abortion, most people, especially young people, assume that what is legal is moral.” He said it is a problem for Father Martin to say, “according to the laws of the United ...
Garrett Johnson, a Catholic who lives with same-sex attraction and is a member of Courage, told the Register that comments like Father Martin’s that employ the terminology of marriage in reference to a same-sex union can “take away the certainty of the teachings of the Church” for those like him who are trying to be faithful Catholics. “It’s like t...
Father Bochanski noted that when it comes to handling these topics with people that we know, the Catechism of the Catholic Church calls us to treat them with respect, compassion and sensitivity. He said that in the case of being invited to a wedding or being consulted about someone’s decision to enter into a same-sex union, he said the honest answe...
In a 1986letter“On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons,” then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger wrote to caution the bishops against “any programs which may seek to pressure the Church to change her teaching, even while claiming not to do so.” He wrote that “a careful examination of their public statements and the activities they promote reveals a stud...
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Jun 16, 2021 · Following the 2017 publication of the first edition of his book Building a Bridge: How the Catholic Church and the LGBT Community Can Enter into a Relationship of Respect, Compassion, and...
Jun 2, 2019 · Beliefs Podcast. LGBT Catholics: Inclusivity in the Catholic Church with Fr. James Martin SJ. “Treating LGBT people with respect, compassion, and sensitivity is much more than just looking...
Jan 30, 2023 · U.S. Jesuit Father James Martin, who is editor of Outreach.faith, which provides news and resources for LGBTQ Catholics, wrote to the pope asking him to clarify his statement, which some media outlets had reported as the pope saying being gay is a sin. Father Martin published the pope's written reply in Spanish Jan. 27.
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