Catholic Synod’s final report is a victory for liberals on homosexuality – here’s why
The truth of the Catholic Church regarding homosexuality is so far removed from the mainstream media’s debates over same-sex “ marriage ” it is nearly impossible to achieve an accurate reading of the Synod’s final document ( Relazione Finale ) without an in depth understanding of the Church’s teaching in this regard. The most essential and basic teaching is that homosexual acts are gravely sinful, which means they separate the perpetrator from God and can lead to eternal damnation. (Naturally the inclination to commit homosexual acts – popularly called a homosexual orientation – is not sinful, just as the temptation to any other serious sin is not sinful in itself.) Every subsequent understanding of homosexuality in the Catholic Church develops from this truth – and this teaching is missing from the Synod’s only paragraph concerning homosexuality. The Relazione Finale paragraph on homosexuality speaks first and foremost about respecting and welcoming homos...