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32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 11/08/2020

11/5/2020

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Dear friends in Christ,
                                                                     Please Read Me! 
I am an important letter of clarification from an Apostolic Nuncio. My goal is to throw light on recent confusion created by papal pastoral statements regarding homosexuals' rights to love within the family structure and a concession for civic union within state law. This confusion was aided by sensation courting media and others with ulterior motives to misrepresent personal statements made by Pope Francis in the documentary Francesco, as a move to change the church's teaching on marriage. Please read. Thank You. 
   
Your Excellency,                                                                                                                                    30 October 2020 

The Secretariat of State of the Holy Father has asked me to share with you, and through you with the members of the Episcopal Conference, the following observations in reference to certain remarks contained in the documentary film “Francesco”, by director Evgeny Afineevesky, that have caused various reactions and interpretations in the last few days.  The Holy Father has directed that these observations be offered to permit adequate understanding of his words.   
  
More than a year ago, in the course of an interview, Pope Francis responded to two distinct questions at different moments that, in the said documentary, were edited and published as a single response without necessary context, which has resulted in confusion.  The Holy Father, first and foremost, referred in a pastoral manner to the need, within the family, for a son or a daughter with a homosexual orientation to never be discriminated against. The following words are intended in this sense: “Las personas homosexuals tienen derecho a estar en familia; son hijos de Dios, tienen derecho a una familia. No se puede echar de la familia a nadie ni hacerle la vida imposible por eso”.  (“Homosexual people have the right to be in family; they are children of God, they have the right to a family.  No one can be thrown out of the family or made life impossible for that.“)   

The following paragraph from the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation concerning love in the family, Amoris Laetitia (2016), can shed light on those responses: “During the Synod, we discussed the situation of families whose members include persons who experience same-sex attraction, a situation not easy either for parents or for children.  We would like before all else to reaffirm that every person, regardless of sexual orientation, ought to be respected in his or her dignity and treated with consideration, while ‘every sign of unjust discrimination’ is to be carefully avoided, particularly any form of aggression and violence. Such families should be given respectful pastoral guidance, so that those who manifest a homosexual orientation can receive the assistance they need to understand and fully carry out God’s will in their lives.” 
 
A subsequent question during that interview pertained rather to a local law of ten years ago in Argentina, regarding “matrimonios igualitarios de parejas del mismo sexo” (“equal marriages of same-sex couples”) and to the opposition of the then Archbishop of Buenos Aires towards it. In this respect, Pope Francis affirmed that “es una incongruencia hablar de matrimonio homosexual” (“it is an incongruity to speak of homosexual marriage”), adding that, in such a precise context, he had spoken of the right of these persons to legal cover: “lo que tenemos que hacer es una ley de convivencia civil: tienen derecho a cubiertos legalmente.  Yo defendi eso.” (“what we have to do is a law of civil coexistence: they have the right to be covered legally.  I defended that.”) 
  
During a 2014 interview, the Holy Father expressed himself as follows: “Marriage is between a man and a woman. Secular States want to justify civil unions in order to regularize the various situations of cohabitation, driven by the necessity to regularize economic matters between persons, such as ensuring health care, for example. The different situations must be examined and evaluated, according to their circumstances.” 
  
It is therefore clear that Pope Francis was referring to particular State provisions, and not certainly to the doctrine of the Church, which has been reiterated on numerous occasions over the years.   
  
Grateful for your cooperation in this matter, I assure you of my good wishes and remain,  
  
Yours faithfully,          
Christophe Pierre  
Apostolic Nuncio 

 

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