Homosexuality divides the German Church
Image via Wikipedia According to the Bishop of Munich , homosexuals “are part of the church community and are welcome to work in the parish" What space do homosexuals have within the Catholic Church ? Ten years after the law on same sex civil unions was introduced in Germany on 1 August 2001, the question divides German bishops. On the one hand there are those who, like the Archbishop of Munich and Freising , Reinhard Marx , is convinced that homosexuals "are part" of the church community and are also welcome to work in the parish. On the other hand those who, like Franz-Josef Overbeck , who besides being the Bishop of Essen is also the military Bishop of the Bundeswehr , believes that homosexuality is "a sin.” “ All who want to participate, open up to the Gospel and join the community of the Church, are welcome ,” Marx said, in an interview with Süddeutsche Zeitung . “ I cannot bless a gay relationship, but I can pray for people who request it. It wou