What can gays actually offer the church?
The Vatican is set to practice tolerance
in affairs relating to homosexuals, according to
The Guardian.
A two-week assembly of Roman Catholic bishops
convened by Pope Francis at the Vatican, on
Monday released a document calling for the
church to accept and welcome gay people,
unmarried/divorced couples, and children from
“less traditional” families.
A section of the report titled, Welcoming
Homosexual Persons, stated that although the
church couldn’t support gay marriage, it would
find ways to may gay people feel more included.
An excerpt reads:
“Homosexuals have gifts and qualities to offer to
the Christian community: are we capable of
welcoming these people, guaranteeing to them a
fraternal space in our communities?
Often they wish to encounter a church that offers
them a welcoming home. Are our communities
capable of providing that, accepting and valuing
their sexual orientation, without compromising
Catholic doctrine on the family and matrimony?”
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