Is being gay a sin in the catholic church
Does the Catholic Church Condemn Homosexuals?
CATHOLIC: Homosexual acts are depraved, but that’s not the same as saying that homosexuals are depraved. The Church, basing itself on human reason, says that in moral questions we must distinguish between the proceed and the person committing the act. Homosexuals have the adj intrinsic dignity as all other human beings. Christ died for them as much as for you and me, and God loves them no less.
OBJECTOR: Well, I think the &#;hate the sin, love the sinner&#; routine is empty rhetoric. Most gay people I know who are Catholic or who have attended a Catholic church feel condemned by the Church.
CATHOLIC: Yes, unfortunately, people maintain to dislike other people whose behavior they consider immoral. But we still should seek the ideal of loving every human being while not viewing that person’s every act as morally acceptable. The Catechism says that homosexual people &#;must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every autograph of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided&#; (CCC ).
OBJECTOR: Okay, if we’
Catholic and Gay
What Can I Do?
by CAPP-USA
&#;I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life&#;. (Deuteronomy )
Being Catholic and Gay
That seems an easy choice, right? If we have the option of life and blessings or death and curses, who wouldn’t choose life!
Catholic and gay means walking in God&#;s way, and abandoning sinful lifestyles, not the Church.
But the command: “Choose life” is more than deciding to keep on eating and breathing. God’s command to choose life requires us “to love the Lord your God, to walk in God’s ways, and to keep God’s commandments.” Deuteronomy
Loving God calls for an exclusive, unreserved love: “Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.” (Deuteronomy )
To “walk in God’s ways” and to “keep God’s commandments” leads to life but also requires a convert of heart.
Jesus clarifies what it means to “choose life” in one of the harshest statements in the New Testament: &#;If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out…if
Homosexuality
Throughout history, Jewish and Christian scholars have recognized that one of the chief sins involved in God’s destruction of Sodom was its people’s homosexual behavior. But today, certain homosexual activists promote the idea that the sin of Sodom was merely a lack of hospitality. Although inhospitality is a sin, it is clearly the homosexual behavior of the Sodomites that is singled out for special criticism in the account of their city’s destruction. We must look to Scripture’s own interpretation of the sin of Sodom.
Jude 7 records that Sodom and Gomorrah “acted immorally and indulged in unnatural lust.” Ezekiel says that Sodom committed “abominable things” (Ezek. ), which could refer to homosexual and heterosexual acts of sin. Lot even offered his two virgin daughters in place of his guests, but the men of Sodom rejected the suggest, preferring homosexual sex over heterosexual sex (Gen. –9). But the Sodom incident is not the only time the Old Testament deals with homosexuality. An explicit condemnation is found in the book of Leviticus: “You shall not lie with a m
Stances of Faiths on LGBTQ+ Issues: Roman Catholic Church
BACKGROUND
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian denomination in the world, with approximately billion members across the globe. With its origins in the earliest days of Christianity, the Church traces its leadership––in the person of the Pope––to St. Peter, identified by Jesus as “the rock” on which the Church would be built.
The Catholic Church in the United States numbers over 70 million members, and is organized in 33 Provinces, each led by an archbishop. Each bishop answers directly to the Pope, not to an archbishop. Those Provinces are further divided into dioceses, each led by a bishop. At the base of the organizational structure are local parishes, headed by a pastor, appointed by the local bishop. The Conference of Catholic Bishops in the United States meets semi-annually.
As part of a global organization with its institutional center at the Vatican, the Catholic Church in America is shaped by worldwide societal and cultural trends. It is further shaped by leadership that is entirely male, with w