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Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality

Pope Francis urged Vatican bureaucrats Thursday to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality, an appeal made days after he formally allowed priests to bless same-sex couples in a radical change of Vatican policy.

Francis used his annual Christmas greeting to the Holy See hierarchy to encourage the cardinals, bishops and laypeople who run the Vatican to listen to one another and to others so they can evolve to truly offer service to the Catholic Church.

Speaking in the Hall of Blessings, Francis told them it was important to keep advancing and growing in their understanding of the truth. Fearfully sticking to rules may give the appearance of avoiding problems but only ends up hurting the service that the Vatican Curia is called to give the church, he said.

“Let us remain vigilant against rigid ideological positions that often, under the guise of good intentions, separate us from reality and prevent us from moving forward,"the pope said. "We are called instead to set out and journey, like the Magi, following the light that always desires to lead us on, at times along unexplored paths and new roads.”

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[-] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 10 months ago

Isn't having gay sex still considered a sin in Catholicism? I thought those blessings didn't count as a marriage and having sex while not being married was a thing that constituted as a sin as well?

[-] flooppoolf@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

The story of lot is actually incorrectly translated. It meant to say something along the lines of “the city was so rotten that the townspeople would sell their boys into sex slavery”

The evil is selling your kids. To gross people. That mean harm.

People took that as, they were gay so god drowned them in molten salt.

[-] Omgpwnies@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Wild when you also consider that some of the 'incorrect translations' may have been on purpose to satisfy the intent of the king/pope who ordered the translation be printed.

[-] SCB@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Everything is a sin in Catholicism, because the point of the religion is that nothing you can do can escape sin.

A major difference between Catholics and Protestants is that in Catholicism you're expected to attempt to live a life as Christ wanted you to, and not just get a "free space" from Jesus for saying you believe in him.

Thus, gay people are unlikely to get Catholic marriages or become priests, but Catholics also don't think gays are inherently more evil than any other sin, as a general rule.

The Catholic Church is not immune to change, and if readings of Scripture change so that gays are seen more favorably, or that women should be allowed in the clergy (neither of which is improbable, on a long timeline), then Catholic standards will change.

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