Irish Bishop Calls Vatican’s Ban on Blessings “Cold and Distant…Hurtful and Offensive”
A bishop in Ireland has become the latest church leader to voice opposition to the Vatican’s ban on blessing same-gender couples.
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A bishop in Ireland has become the latest church leader to voice opposition to the Vatican’s ban on blessing same-gender couples.
The International Church Reform Network (ICRN) has published a “Charter of Fundamental Rights in the Church,” which emphasizes the importance of equality and a synodal approach to reform.
A diocesan magazine in Germany recently featured three perspectives on LGBTQ issues in the church, one from a gay pastoral worker, one from theologian, and one from a sex therapist.
A cardinal has defended his participation in an AIDS fundraiser by suggesting the first question God asks is not about a person’s sexual orientation, but about how they treat other people.
Vienna’s cardinal again welcomed an AIDS charity to the city’s cathedral for an arts fundraiser, one of his many LGBTQ-positive acts in recent years.
A German bishop has reiterated his support blessing same-gender couples and the need for civil recognition of such relationships, too, saying the hierarchy must reconsider its teachings on homosexuality in light of contemporary science.
In response to the sexual abuse crisis, Germany’s bishops have announced the beginning of a “binding synodal path” to examine questions regarding sexual morality, clericalism, and priestly celibacy.
Leading Catholics in Germany have released an open letter calling for a “new start with sexual morality” that includes a re-evaluation of homosexuality.
Significantly shifting his position, a German bishop has called for the Church to rethink its teachings on homosexuality and condemned problematic aspects of those teachings which have caused people harm.