Zone1 Father Gerald Murray called the ‘Vatican-sponsored’ report a ‘full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.’

[JustAGuy1]

The Vatican’s decision to publish a synod study group’s report that includes testimonies of two men in same-sex “marriages” who claim to have been wounded by the church’s teaching that homosexuality is “contrary to the natural law” is drawing outrage among faithful Catholics.

Earlier this month the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published the 32-page report, prepared by Study Group No. 9 — one of those initiated by Pope Francis in 2024.

While originally tasked with examining issues considered to be “controversial” within the church, the group apparently decided on its own to switch “paradigms” by framing these issues as “emerging.” That move, explained early on in the report, set the stage for suggesting a shift from sound Catholic doctrine about marriage and sexuality to what canon lawyer and pastor Father Gerald Murray called a “full-fledged endorsement of the homosexual lifestyle.”

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Here we go.

"For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears, they will heap up for themselves teachers;"

2 Timothy 4:3

 

[pknopp]

For there were eunuchs born that way, and there are eunuchs made that way by others. And there are those who chose to live like eunuchs form the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.

Matthew 19:12

 

[buckeye]

For there were eunuchs born that way, and there are eunuchs made that way by others. And there are those who chose to live like eunuchs form the sake of the Kingdom of Heaven. The one who can accept this should accept it.

Matthew 19:12

What do eunuchs have to do with homosexuals?

 

[Rambunctious]

Its so sad to see what's happened to the Catholic Church... the church is greedy and will turn on God to fill the pews....

 

[Moonglow]

• The Outcasts are Included: Jesus actively sought out tax collectors, sinners, and the social outcasts of his day, demonstrating that no one is beyond God’s grace. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The Requirement for Entry
While the invitation is open to all, the Gospels outline specific ways one must approach and accept this grace:

• Childlike Humility: In Mark 10:15, Jesus states, "Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."
• Repentance and Belief: At the very start of his ministry in Mark 1:15, Jesus preaches, "The kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe the good news!"