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Vatican on Homos & Vocations to the Clergy
Theology of Sodom & Gomorrah
So, suddenly comes from the Vatican a new “Study group 9” with a new moral hecatomb for the entire Church: Same-sex relations is not a sin per se…
It goes as far as start to equate the homosexual relationship with marriage.
My God, It is the “theology of Sodom and Gomorra”!
Read below, please,
G.L.
LifeSiteNews
A report from the Vatican’s General Secretariat of the Synod published Tuesday suggests a reframing of homosexuality, endorsing testimony without qualification that “sin, at its root, does not consist in the (same-sex) couple relationship” but in “a lack of faith in a God who desires our fulfillment.”
The Vatican-commissioned Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality published its Final Report May 5, “Theological criteria and synodal methodologies for shared discernment of emerging doctrinal, pastoral, and ethical issues.” Under the heading, “Taking a synodal approach to discernment: A proposal for implementation in local Churches,” the 32-page document relies on the testimonies of the “lived experience” of two individuals with same-sex attraction to “aid the promotion of pastoral discernment.”
Framing the two testimonies as “experiences of goodness” which constitute “successive stages of development in the individuals involved,” the document notes the protagonist of the first testimony’s purported “discovery that sin, at its root, does not consist in the (same-sex) couple relationship” following alleged “devastating effects of reparative therapies aimed at recovering heterosexuality.”
The document takes specific aim at Courage, a Catholic group established for the support of those with same-sex attraction who wish to live chastely and in accord with Church teaching. Citing a testimony describing “problematic membership” in the group, the report characterizes Courage’s approach as “reparative therapy” and condemns it for having “the effect of separating faith and sexuality.”
Later in the text, Study Group 9 presents marriage as an open question regarding same-sex “relationships” and states that solutions to these questions “cannot be anticipated with pre-established formulas.” Under the title “Possible pathways and questions for synodal discernment,” the group suggests that, “while listening to the Word of God lived in the Church,” it is “necessary to address with parrhesia the currently recurring question of whether one can speak of ‘marriage’ in relation to persons with same-sex attractions.”
Leaving the question open, the document asks whether homosexual “relationships” can be thought of as equal “to heterosexual conjugal union,” despite “the evident impossibility of procreation.”
“Consequently, we must ask how the Christian community is called to interpret and address questions relating to the educational commitments toward children within family, ecclesial, and social life, in relation to the de facto unions between believers of the same sex,” the document states.
Cardinal Mario Grech, Secretary General of the Synod, said the report “offers concrete tools for addressing the most difficult questions without fleeing from complexity: listening to those concerned, reading reality, and bringing together different forms of knowledge.”
“It is the synodal method applied to the most demanding situations,” Grech stated.
Original here
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Vocations to the Priesthood
Hail Mary!
Please can you help me to get this information.
Did Prof. Plinio Correa de Oliveira recommend the idea of priesthood to others or didn't he like that idea based on the vocation the person is called for?
I heard he didn't like the idea. Even me personally doesn't like....
Please can you give me sources Prof. Plinio said that or even texts or pdf will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
G.F., Brazil,
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The Editor responds :
Dear G.F.,
Prof. Plinio was a great admirer of the Clergy, which he always considered to be the first class in society, followed by the nobility and the people (bourgeoisie and plebeians). You may find his thesis expressed in many places in his massive intellectual production. I recommend these articles, (here, here and here), for example.
Further, if you care to read through the more than 350 commentaries by Prof. Plinio on the Saints of the Days page that TIA has posted, you will find countless times where he expresses his great love for the Church in general and for the Clergy in particular.
Regarding personal counsels he gave to this or that person to become a priest, I know of several cases.
For example, when Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer was a close friend of Prof. Plinio, several times he asked Prof. Plinio’s advice about whether he considered that such and such seminarian would become a good priest. In most of the cases Prof. Plinio would give a favorable opinion of the candidates.
I recall a particular group of eight seminarians that Bishop Mayer brought to São Paulo of whom Prof. Plinio advised Bishop Mayer to ordain all but one, whom he believed was psychologically unbalanced. That counsel proved to be entirely objective, since that person needed special care for his mental condition for his whole life. I know the names of those persons, but obviously I will not make them public.
The habit of Bishop Mayer to ask Prof. Plinio for his advice on this matter shows that the latter counseled many persons to become priests. Therefore, he did not have any objection to a young man becoming a priest if he had a true vocation.
So, here you have it that both in principle – Prof. Plinio always praised the Clergy – and in practice – as I just demonstrated – he never placed obstacles in the way of young men to become priests, provided they had an authentic vocation to the Clergy.
Cordially,
Atila S. Guimarães
Posted May 7, 2026
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In today's entry, titled Magnifica Humanitas GL has stated this:
“Let us not forget that he chose the name Leo XIV inspired in Leo XIII who faced the Industrial Revolution and issued general rules for Catholics to deal with it.”
I don't remember where I read this but I thought that the favored assistant to St Francis of Assisi was one 'Brother Leo' and that is why Leo XIV chose his name in honor of his predecessor, Francis. Having nothing to do with Pope Leo XIII. Is this accurate?
S.S.S.
TIA responds:
Thank you for sharing your opinion with us.
Pope Leo XIV himself explains why he took this name. You may read it here.
Cordially,
TIA Correspondence desk