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They note that the Vatican report downplays McCarrick’s homosexual misconduct and grooming behaviors with adult clergy and seminarians, and the influence of a clerical ‘gay lobby’ in covering up his moral crimes.
“Respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behavior or to legal recognition of homosexual unions.”
Whatever the Pope’s reason and motives for making his remarks in the interview, they remain his personal opinions.
While filmmaker Evgeny Afineevsky told journalists that Pope Francis made comments calling for the passage of civil union laws directly to him, the comments actually appear to come from a 2019 interview of Pope Francis conducted by Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki.
The proposed text states, “Even same-sex couples and other couples who cannot give birth to a new life have the potential for a fertile life.”
For 2,000 years, the Church has not wavered in her teaching on the immorality of homosexual acts.
It’s not enough to simply be outraged by these accusations; we need to know how to intellectually combat them.
All too often Catholics will be called upon to defend the Church’s stance on homosexuality. Here’s a short primer.
“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.” (Matthew 5:17)
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