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‘Let us pray that our fellow citizens will rediscover the taste for life, for giving it, for receiving it, for accompanying it, for having and raising children,’ the bishops said.
The text of the French prelates points out that from Jesus Christ we receive the call ‘to an unconditional and merciful welcome, since Jesus 'did not call to come the righteous, but sinners.’
The Archdiocese of Rennes, which is led by Archbishop Pierre d’Ornellas, issued the statement on Jan. 1 on behalf of the bishops from the Ecclesiastical Province of Rennes.
Three French news outlets earlier this year published a joint investigation into three cases of alleged abuse by priests connected with the Paris Foreign Mission Society.
Following the request of an association of parents of homosexuals, these bishops expressed their wish to make the Church’s message on homosexuality ‘more audible.’
Bishops will also be in charge of implementing the sentences, which can fall under three categories known by canon law.
The 81-year-old Franciscan religious said he had written to the woman in the summer of 2022, ‘to tell her that I had failed her and to ask her forgiveness.’
This news, confirmed Nov. 12, came only a few days after the conclusion of the French bishops’ fall plenary assembly in Lourdes.
The bishops’ July 17 comments will be closely studied as France is one of the world’s leading centers of Catholic traditionalism.
Together with four other French bishops, Archbishop Moulins-Beaufort signed a declaration stating that the “fight against anti-Semitism must be everyone’s business” and promising to work with all those engaged in this struggle.
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