Most people think they know what the Catholic Church teaches about homosexuality, which can be simply summed up as “don’t do it”. That much is true – just as the Church also says “don’t do it” to married heterosexual couples who want to use contraception, or to unmarried couples, or to single people who want…… Continue reading Catholic Teaching and Homosexuality: Introduction
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“Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good”
After much free and honest talk—what Pope Francis in his final address to the Synod on the Family last October praised as “a spirit of collegiality and synodality”— and the revelation of significant divisions among the world’s bishops, we now await the ongoing discussions in preparation for the second session of the Synod on the…… Continue reading “Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good”
LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”
The difficulty with what is frequently described as “Catholic teaching” as it affects lesbian and gay people, is that what is popularly presented and widely known, is extremely selective, and viewed exclusively in the context of genital acts. The full teaching however, is more complex. It is well known that it is dangerous to quote isolated…… Continue reading LGBT Catholics and “Catholic Teaching”