![]() It isn’t “invidia clericorum” on Pat’s part. Should be revealing! They don’t like it up’em! ![]() Whatever Father is squeaking away about from the lectern, it is absolutely certain that the majority of the congregation – even in so-called bastions of tradition – have long made up their own minds on the usual issues and will simply ignore him, along with the “timeless” and “infallible” teaching of the Church.Īctually the daily image of Father Littleton addressing an empty church is highly apt, don’t you think? Nobody is listening and nobody cares – except for those checking out his maniple.Īnd should anyone know of a priest who refuses communion to divorced, gay or co-habiting couples, please name him and his parish and bishop on this blog, so we can turn the spot-light on him and see what we find. Walk away if you wish, or, if, as with a lot of us oldies, the RCC has been so much part of your life and formation for better or worse, then for Heaven’s sake, stand up for yourself and make your own decisions in good conscience. In democratic countries at least we no longer have to bow and scrape, doff our caps, touch our forelocks, mind our Ps and Qs and be bossed around in our work and social lives, so why on earth should we remain beholden to the last organization on earth claiming divine right to legislate for our lives? I largely agree with at 8:58am and Pat’s response at 10:01. Sadly, Aaron took his own life the other day. PLEASE KEEP AARON AND HIS FAMILY IN YOUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS It might also help gay people to concentrate on the live aspect of being gay – and move away from the emphasis on promiscuous sex and partying.Īnd, if priests and seminarians, openly, had committed partners it might stop the whole current scandal. I am not arguing for the RCC to extend the Sacrament of Marriage to gay couples.īut there is precedent in the church for the blessing of gay unions. Gay relationships, based on love, committment and mutual support should be blessed in church, if couples so desire. The book describes the legal situation for same-sex partnerships in Austria, and discusses biblical tradition, ethical and moral theology and liturgical science. “If partners live the gift of mutual love in faithfulness to one another and live their lives with the spiritual gifts of God such as kindness, forbearance, patience, reconciliation, etc, their relationship is also an image of God’s goodness and humanity.” “Just as marriage between a man and a woman is an image of God’s creative love, so is a same-sex relationship an image of God’s attention to human beings. He said: “There has been movement in the topic. The teaching of the church is receiving less and less resonance in society and within the church, and moral theology in particular is in favour of new approaches to evaluating same-sex relationships.”Īlthough Vollger accepts that marriage within the Catholic church is not yet on the cards for same-sex couples, he said: “Benediction… is an official act of blessing. In an interview with KirchenZeitung Diozese Linz, the diocesan newspaper of Linz, Vollger said that providing official blessings to same-sex couples would “of course” require a change to the catechism. The catechism of the Catholic church states that same-sex relationships are “acts of great depravity”, and adds: “Under no circumstances can they be approved.”īut liturgical scholar Father Ewald Vollger, who contributed to the book, said that changing Church’s teaching on homosexuality “can be not only discussed, but also demanded”.Īrchdiocese of Salzburg Publishes New Book on Church Blessings for Same-Gender Couples – New Ways…Īustria’s Archdiocese of Salzburg has published a new book which explores the blessings of same-gender unions, an important step towards formal recognition of LGBTQ+ relationships in a country where… Marriage equality was legalised in Austria in 2019, and the Catholic bishops are calling for “official blessings” of same-sex couples within the church. The book, titled The Benediction of Same Sex Partnerships, calls on the global Catholic church to change its teachings on homosexuality. The bishops of the Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg in Austria have commissioned a book to teach that gay love comes from God, and reveals God’s “goodness and humanity”.
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