The Vatican released a study group document that has surprised gay Catholics for including their voices on controversial subjects affecting the Church. The study group’s report address gender, sexuality, and LGBTQ inclusion.
It’s the first time that in any official publication of the Vatican, they’ve included witnesses and testimonies and stories from LGBTQ Catholics in any kind of detailed way. Two of the testimonies were from married gay men.
Among the issues the report addresses are the negative impacts of conversion therapy, described as the devastating effects of reparative therapies aimed at recovering heterosexuality, as well as the Church’s role in enabling the solitude, anguish, and stigma that accompany persons with same-sex attractions and their families.
Though document was not written by the Pope, but by the study group, it requires the authorization of the Pope to be released to the public. Nevertheless, Pope Francis reiterated that homosexuality is not a crime, but at same time he defended that the Church cannot bless same-sex unions because God cannot bless sin.
Read the report here.
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