“Making homosexuality a crime is a form of "one upmanship" for some political leaders in Africa who are unable to find solutions to the pressing problems like poverty and corruption that are plaguing their countries, says Father Joseph Loïc Mben.”
“A group of French parents whose children are homosexual has challenged the Catholic Church to revise its teaching on homosexuality. Some 200 people – include fifteen men and women religious – gathered in suburban Paris on Saturday for the third colloquium of "Reconnaissance", ”
“In its role as an employer, the Catholic Church in Germany is no longer concerned about the private life of its workers. That's the upshot of a new labor provision that was approved this past Tuesday by a two-thirds majority of the German Bishops' Conference (DBK).”
“The first is that the text requires "renouncing global negative assessments of allegedly unbiblical behaviour based on sexual orientation". Member of the Churer Priesterkreis say this is contrary to paragraph 2357 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church”
“the bishops have opposed the Employment Non-Discrimination Act(1974) and has been proposed by each Congress since 1994. The bill prohibits discrimination in hiring and employment due to sexual orientation, and the bishops argue it fails to distinguish "sexual inclination/sexual conduct"”
“Bishop Felix Genn of Münster told his diocesan weekly Kirche und Leben last week that the German-language group at the Synod of Bishops' assemblies in 2014 and 2015 had submitted a statement for the final Synod document that contained such an apology. ”
“A Catholic archbishop in Croatia, a country not known to be "gay friendly", has apologized to homosexuals who feel rejected by the Church. "Dear friends," began Archbishop Mate Uzinić in a post on his Facebook (FB) page on May 17, the International Day Against Homophobia.”
“Is it not possible for them to express their affection without being immoral? Doesn't the good coming from a stable union for some deserve to be recognized? These are legitimate questions and tradition does not answer them.”
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Africa and the decriminalization of homosexuality
Parents' group pleads for Church to welcome homosexuality
German Church changes labor law, protects gays and divorcees
Conservative Swiss priests rebel against bishop’s “code of conduct”
For US bishops, LGBTQ 'anthropology' rules out Equality Act compromises
Senior German bishop insists it's time for Church to apologize to homosexuals
Croatian archbishop asks homosexuals for forgiveness
Theologian says Church needs to develop its teaching on homosexuality
