Will somebody please be so kind as to tell me what the Catholic teaching on homosexuality is? (Note that the Church’s teaching should be what the Holy Bible indicates about the issue.)
On one hand, we have people like Cardinal Doland seemingly condoning homosexuality.
On the other hand, gay activist Arthur Fitzmaurice, who seems to be unfamiliar with Holy Bible passages which clearly condemn homosexuality, is condemning the Church’s teaching about homosexuality.
Regarding Cardinal Dolan’s open arms for LGBT, Luke 12:51 shows us that Jesus explained that he did not come to bring peace on earth but division.
Regarding the gay agenda, the Holy Bible condemns same-sex sexual relationships as evidenced by Romans 1:25-27.
And speaking of how Jesus “welcomed” unrepentant sinners, Matthew 18:15-17 shows that Jesus taught that a congregation is ultimately supposed to give unrepentant sinners the boot. (Matthew 23 also shows Jesus “welcoming” the Pharisees.)
Also, 1 Corinthians 5 is an example of a congregation getting repremanded for not complying with Jesus’ teaching where sexual offenders are concerned.
Note that 1 Corithians 5:11 teaches Christians not to even eat with unrepentant sinners.
Every human being is called to receive a gift of divine sonship, to become a child of God by grace. However, to receive this gift, we must reject sin, including homosexual behavior—that is, acts intended to arouse or stimulate a sexual response regarding a person of the same sex. The Catholic Church teaches that such acts are always violations of divine and natural law.
Homosexual desires, however, are not in themselves sinful. People are subject to a wide variety of sinful desires over which they have little direct control, but these do not become sinful until a person acts upon them, either by acting out the desire or by encouraging the desire and deliberately engaging in fantasies about acting it out. People tempted by homosexual desires, like people tempted by improper heterosexual desires, are not sinning until they act upon those desires in some manner.
Read it all at Catholic Answers
http://www.catholic.com/tracts/homosexuality
“On one hand, we have people like Cardinal Doland seemingly condoning homosexuality”
The Catholic Church teaches that homosexual acts are an intrinsic evil, never to be condoned. Blowhard Dolan ignores the teachings of the Catholic Church. He would much rather work for the democrat party and go to fund raisers and eat, drink and be merry than to actually preach the Catholic faith. He’s the biggest joke in the Catholic Church and an embarasment for all faithful Catholics.
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Chastity and homosexuality
2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained.
Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided.
These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition. 2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection. "