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CajunRick
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Posted: Tue Nov 14th, 2006 08:34 pm |
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, NOV. 14, 2006 (Zenit.org).- U.S. bishops at their fall meeting approved new guidelines on pastoral outreach to homosexuals, while affirming the Church's position that same-sex relationships are "disordered."
The statement, "Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination," upholds the Church's opposition to same-sex "marriage" and adoption by homosexual couples.
The bishops, however, held that children of homosexual Catholics can undergo baptism and receive other sacraments in most cases if they are being raised in the faith.
On Monday, the bishops voted unanimously to release $335,000 of the $1 million they earmarked last year for research on the causes and context of sexual abuse by clergy.
The money will underwrite the first three segments of the research, which is being undertaken by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, at the City University of New York.
Last November the bishops accepted a proposal from John Jay for the study of the Causes and Context of Sexual Abuse of Children and Young People by Catholic Clergy in the United States, as called for by the bishops' Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People.
The entire study is scheduled for completion in 2009.
The above article is available from Zenit.
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Steven Barrett
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Posted: Wed Nov 15th, 2006 11:54 am |
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| I know it's not PC, but wouldn't it be more refreshingly honest if they replaced "disordered" with "perverted"?
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Posted: Wed Nov 15th, 2006 12:29 pm |
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Steven Barrett wrote: I know it's not PC, but wouldn't it be more refreshingly honest if they replaced "disordered" with "perverted"?
Given the fact that the pastoral was intended as an outreach of compassion to the homosexual community, using a word like "perverted" would certainly have done more harm than good.
I think the document did a good job of indicating that there is place within the Church for those with a homosexual inclination, but she will never see extramarital relations as acceptable, and those who practice their homosexuality in a sexual relationship, while being welcomed in the Church and at mass, cannot be admitted to the Eucharist.
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Steven Barrett
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Posted: Wed Nov 15th, 2006 04:22 pm |
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| I stand corrected. And thanks for clarifying that. Being a former reporter/columnist, I have a tendency to get ahead of my better judgment. The behavior is perverted, but a lot of heterosexuals do strange things, too. The Church is a better judge of how to handle things of this nature, especially nowadays in light of what the bishops have learned from the debacle caused in years past.
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Posted: Wed Nov 15th, 2006 05:29 pm |
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Steven Barrett wrote: I stand corrected. And thanks for clarifying that. Being a former reporter/columnist, I have a tendency to get ahead of my better judgment. The behavior is perverted, but a lot of heterosexuals do strange things, too. The Church is a better judge of how to handle things of this nature, especially nowadays in light of what the bishops have learned from the debacle caused in years past.
And the bishops have recognized that heterosexuality is also often disordered:
The homosexual inclination is objectively disordered, i.e., it is an inclination that predisposes one toward what is truly not good for the human person. Of course, heterosexual persons not uncommonly have disordered sexual inclinations as well. It is not enough for a sexual inclination to be heterosexual for it to be properly ordered.
I think the document is extremely well done, especially when tied to the document on married life. The bishops condemn not only same-sex practices, but also opposite sex practices between unmarried people:
Married Love and the Gift of Life
Ministry to Persons with a Homosexual Inclination: Guidelines for Pastoral Care
To get the full meaning of Catholic teaching, I think it's important to read the two documents together.
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