Pope opts for status quo in Church view on gay unions
The Local Italy - [email protected]
Published: 8 Apr, 2016 CET.
Updated: Fri 8 Apr 2016 12:34 CET
Pope Francis has opted to maintain the
status quo on the Church's approach to homosexuality in a blow to liberals
hoping for an opening to gay couples in new guidelines on the family.
"As for proposals to place unions between homosexual persons on the same level as marriage, there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family," reads one of just two paragraphs dedicated to gay issues in the 260-page letter to the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, published on Friday.
Comments
See Also
"As for proposals to place unions between homosexual persons on the same level as marriage, there are absolutely no grounds for considering homosexual unions to be in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God's plan for marriage and family," reads one of just two paragraphs dedicated to gay issues in the 260-page letter to the world's 1.2 billion Roman Catholics, published on Friday.
Join the conversation in our comments section below. Share your own views and experience and if you have a question or suggestion for our journalists then email us at [email protected].
Please keep comments civil, constructive and on topic – and make sure to read our terms of use before getting involved.
Please log in here to leave a comment.