Saturday 17 January 2009

Clarification of Statement on homosexuality

ZENIT are carrying the text of a press statement by Monsignor Carlos Simón Vazquez, subsecretary of the Pontifical Council for the Family. This clarifies an earlier contribution that Monsignor Vazquez made to the Sixth World Meeting of Families.

The statement is very clear in explaining why the Catholic Church believes that marriage between a man and woman should have a special place in civil law while same sex relations should not enjoy the same special place.

If this statement is combined with the address of Cardinal Marc Ouellet, there is emerging from the Sixth World Meeting of Families resources for a very clear articulation of the Catholic position with regard to same sex relations.

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