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El reconeixement de les persones LGTBIQ+ en l’Església
Article CatalanPer què ha estat tan difícil per a l’església catòlica acostar-se a les persones LGTBIQ+? Per què l’Església està tan endarrerida respecte de les organitzacions seculars, i fins i tot d’altres esglésies, que han fet que aquesta comunitat se senti més benvinguda?
As a Catholic Doctor, I Know Gender-Affirming Care Is Essential for Transgender Youth.
ArticleBecause I am a Catholic physician, I spent many hours discerning whether it was morally acceptable to treat these children. I view relieving suffering as my duty as a physician. These children are clearly suffering.
Watykańska deklaracja dotycząca błogosławieństw dla par jednopłciowych jest wielkim krokiem naprzód dla katolików LGTBQ
Article PolishPrzyjmuję tę nową deklarację jako od dawna wyczekiwaną i upragnioną odpowiedź duszpasterską dla katolickich par jednopłciowych. Jako kapłan wyczekuję możliwości błogosławienia par jednopłciowych i dzielenia z nimi łask, których Bóg pragnie dla każdego.
El centurión ¿gay? del Evangelio sobre el que los teólogos no se ponen de acuerdo
Article Spanish El PaísLa interpretación de uno de los milagros más conocidos relatados en el Nuevo Testamento enfrenta posiciones entre quienes defienden el sentido tradicional y quienes dicen que, de forma explícita, contiene una negativa de Jesús a condenar la homosexualidad.
Caring for the Transgender Patient: Lessons for Pastoral and Spiritual Care
Article Catholic Health Association of the United StatesGender has received a great deal of attention in the past 10 years. Hardly a day goes by that there is not a media report on the clinical, legal and ethical aspects of the transgender experience. All of these come together — or not — in the political blender where, on one hand, trans people are used as an icon of individual civil rights, or, on the other hand, as an example of moral and spiritual decline.
In Deutschland und im Vatikan wird die Synodalität durch Gemeinschaft gestärkt
Article German Marc Frings (ZdK) / Outreach Staff
Following Faithfully: The Catholic way to choose the good
Article America MagazineAfter much free and honest talk—what Pope Francis in his final address to the Synod on the Family last October praised as “a spirit of collegiality and synodality”—and the revelation of significant divisions among the world’s bishops, we now await the ongoing discussions in preparation for the second session of the Synod on the Family in October.
James Martin za Polis.ba: Dosegnuti margine je imperativ kršćanstva
Article Croatian“Kako se nosim s negativnim komentarima? Prvo, podsjećam ljude da ne dovodim u pitanje nauk Crkve. Naprotiv, oslanjam se na crkveno učenje, koje ne samo da traži da se LGBT osobe tretiraju s ‘poštovanjem, suosjećanjem i osjetljivošću’ kako to traži Katekizam, već i s ljubavlju, milosrđem i suosjećanjem koje je Isus pokazivao svima.”