07/31/2008
Vatican Official Urges Anglican Bishops: Condemn Homosexuality
Walter Cardinal Kasper, president of the pontifical council for promoting christian unity, spoke at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England yesterday and said the need for Catholics and Anglicans to be on the same page against gays is "sorely needed in the world today" and urged the more than 150 bishops gathered to condemn homosexuality:
Said Kasper: "This teaching is founded in the Old and New Testament and the fidelity to scripture and to Apostolic tradition is absolute. Homosexuality is a disordered behaviour. The activity must be condemned; the traditional approach to homosexuality is comprehensive ... A clear declaration about this theme must come from the Anglican Communion."
According to The Guardian, "Kasper was saddened that dialogue between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church had been seriously compromised over the issues of women's ordination and homosexuality. These developments had also caused the Communion to enter into a period of dispute, he observed."
Added Kasper: "Many of you are troubled, deeply so, by the threat of fragmentation. In such a scenario, who will our dialogue partner be? How can we appropriately and honestly engage in conversations with those who share Catholic perspectives on the points currently in dispute, and who disagree with some developments within the Anglican Communion or particular provinces?"
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Most but not all of the Catholic Church are anti-gay. However, the Old Catholic Church which broke off from Rome in the late 1800's, is for the most part pro-gay, with non-celibate clergy who can marry or have partners. One example is OSJTB.ORG which is an old catholic religious Order. Rome needs to fade into history.
Posted by: john | Aug 1, 2008 1:17:31 PM
fucking Catholic morons! Fuck the church!
Posted by: CK | Aug 1, 2008 11:44:22 PM
Daveynyc, I'm Catholic as well. How can I do that and still be gay? Because for me the Church does a hell of a lot of good in the world, and I want to be of service to other people. That's how I choose to do it. Is the Church teaching frustrating? Yes, but there's such a thing as "Catholic Inc." which is the official institution ,and how things really go down in the local Catholic communities. I've known a lot of gay men in my own parish over the years, and they have been accepted quite well by the people and clergy alike. You'd be amazed how people are willing to set aside their prejudices when gay men like us put a human face on it. Indeed, the Lord spoke about perfect love and more about taking care of each other, esp. the poor than he ever spoke about anyone's sexuality gay or straight. But the Church as "Catholic Inc." moves slowly. The hearts of the faithful are much quicker to accept us when they recognize that we are as capable of loving and wanting to be loved as they are.
Posted by: Jordie | Aug 3, 2008 7:41:01 PM