The official position of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality

[Blackrook]

Homosexuality Catholic Answers

The Catholic Church thus teaches: "Basing itself on sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357).

However, the Church also acknowledges that "[homosexuality’s] psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. . . . The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s cross the difficulties that they may encounter from their condition.

"Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection" (CCC 2357– 2359).

 

[TheOldSchool]

What if the gay person isn't Catholic?

 

[Blackrook]

What if the gay person isn't Catholic?

The teachings of the Catholic Church are based on Scripture, which is binding on everyone.

 

[Vigilante]

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Homosexuality Catholic Answers

The Catholic Church thus teaches: "Basing itself on sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered. They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved" (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357).

However, the Church also acknowledges that "[homosexuality’s] psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. . . . The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s cross the difficulties that they may encounter from their condition.

"Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection" (CCC 2357– 2359).

Homosexual acts are not against any natural law. Artificial laws from Man yes, nature's laws no as evidenced by how thousands of other animal species both engage in homosexual sexual acts, as well as how some even exhibit a homosexual preference as with so-called gay penguins and others who remain in homosexual pairings despite access to females.

Kind of ironic how of all faiths, Catholics would come down on homosexuality when at least one priest has gone on record saying, "I assume every priest is gay until presented with evidence otherwise."

 

[Moonglow]

What if the gay person isn't Catholic?

The teachings of the Catholic Church are based on Scripture, which is binding on everyone.

Like Hell it is...

 

[hobelim]

Kind of ironic how of all faiths, Catholics would come down on homosexuality when at least one priest has gone on record saying, "I assume every priest is gay until presented with evidence otherwise."

You can blame it all on Paul.

He was a pharisee, who set out to destroy followers of Jesus like a rabid first century John Ashcroft waging war against people who smoke demon weed by breaking up families, rounding up the bong makers, throwing people in prison, violating civil rights,,,,all under the cover of patriotism and family values.....

.By claiming that Jesus abolished Mosaic law and claimed to be God Paul did his best to insure that the Jewish people would never accept Jesus as the messiah or even pay any attention to what he was teaching. That he was screwing up the minds of Gentiles in the process was probably irrelevant to him.

Worked like a charm, until now.

 

[Moonglow]

Kind of ironic how of all faiths, Catholics would come down on homosexuality when at least one priest has gone on record saying, "I assume every priest is gay until presented with evidence otherwise."

You can blame it all on Paul.

He was a pharisee, who set out to destroy followers of Jesus like a rabid first century John Ashcroft waging war against people who smoke demon weed by breaking up families, rounding up the bong makers, throwing people in prison, violating civil rights,,,,all under the cover of patriotism and family values.....

.By claiming that Jesus abolished Mosaic law and claimed to be God Paul did his best to insure the Jewish people would never accept Jesus as the messiah or even pay any attention to what he was teaching.

Worked like a charm, until now.

Expect he forgot that Jesus was a Jew...and Jesus also states that he did not come to change any laws, only to add....

 

[hobelim]

Expect he forgot that Jesus was a Jew...and Jesus also states that he did not come to change any laws, only to add....

........Comprehension.

 

[Moonglow]

Expect he forgot that Jesus was a Jew...and Jesus also states that he did not come to change any laws, only to add....

........Comprehension.

He was no different than a die in the wool Christians that don't even know what the Bible states or have never researched religions...

 

[hobelim]

Expect he forgot that Jesus was a Jew...and Jesus also states that he did not come to change any laws, only to add....

........Comprehension.

He was no different than a die in the wool Christians that don't even know what the Bible states or have never researched religions...

Its a disgrace and extremely brazen to set themselves up as moral authorities without the slightest understanding about the meaning of the words or subjects about which they are so dogmatic.

But there is always hope..as long as the world doesn't come to an and in the next three minutes, which is about all the time it would take to make things right.

That comprehension thing..

The smallest candle gives enough light for everyone in the room to see; just a little yeast is enough to make the entire loaf rise.

 

[longknife]

The "official stand" on homosexuality within the Roman Catholic church is what Pope Francis declared - "who am I to judge." He said to welcome ALL with open arms who wish to accept Christ as their Savior.

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

Kind of ironic how of all faiths, Catholics would come down on homosexuality when at least one priest has gone on record saying, "I assume every priest is gay until presented with evidence otherwise."

You can blame it all on Paul.

He was a pharisee, who set out to destroy followers of Jesus like a rabid first century John Ashcroft waging war against people who smoke demon weed by breaking up families, rounding up the bong makers, throwing people in prison, violating civil rights,,,,all under the cover of patriotism and family values.....

.By claiming that Jesus abolished Mosaic law and claimed to be God Paul did his best to insure the Jewish people would never accept Jesus as the messiah or even pay any attention to what he was teaching.

Worked like a charm, until now.

Expect he forgot that Jesus was a Jew...and Jesus also states that he did not come to change any laws, only to add....

Only to what? Come on, your display of ignorance is incomplete.

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

The "official stand" on homosexuality within the Roman Catholic church is what Pope Francis declared - "who am I to judge." He said to welcome ALL with open arms who wish to accept Christ as their Savior.

Pope Francis has rightly acknowledged there's a wall that keeps homosexuals out of the church and drives them away. Jesus went to sinners, reached out to them, and didn't exclude them. He was even criticized for the company he kept, prostitutes, tax collectors, adulterers. But Jesus responded to the criticism by saying a doctor does not come to heal the healthy, but the sick. I have many standing criticisms of Pope Francis, but this isn't one of them.

 

[Delta4Embassy]

Dunno why anyone cares what a religion's view on specific things is. If you don't agree, don't be that religion.

If you believe in a good and just deity, why subscribe to a religion which makes your deity into a complete dick?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

"The official position of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality"

...is legally and Constitutionally irrelevant.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

What if the gay person isn't Catholic?

The teachings of the Catholic Church are based on Scripture, which is binding on everyone.

Incorrect.

They're 'binding' on no one, including Catholics.

Indeed, a fundamental tenet of Catholicism is to be honest and truthful in one's relationship with god, where one must be sincere with god to be worthy of his love and grace – such as rejecting in good faith and good conscience the notion that homosexuality is a 'disorder,' and that gay individuals must be subject to 'disapproval.'

 

[Blackrook]

"The official position of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality"

...is legally and Constitutionally irrelevant.

This is the religion section of the forum, not the poltical section. I never claimed that the Catholic position had the force of law behind it. You are being obtuse, deliberately so, I think.

 

[longknife]

On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
October 1, 1986

From CATHOLIC LIBRARY On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons 1986

Against the background of this exposition of theocratic law, an eschatological perspective is developed by St. Paul when, in I Cor 6:9, he proposes the same doctrine and lists those who behave in a homosexual fashion among those who shall not enter the Kingdom of God.

It does not ban them from the church!

 

[saintmichaeldefendthem]

What if the gay person isn't Catholic?

The teachings of the Catholic Church are based on Scripture, which is binding on everyone.

Incorrect.

They're 'binding' on no one, including Catholics.

Indeed, a fundamental tenet of Catholicism is to be honest and truthful in one's relationship with god, where one must be sincere with god to be worthy of his love and grace – such as rejecting in good faith and good conscience the notion that homosexuality is a 'disorder,' and that gay individuals must be subject to 'disapproval.'

The CCC says homo sex is intrinsically disordered but you're making the argument that good Catholics are called to disregard that?

Gump, are you stupid?