{"id":2468,"date":"2019-02-08T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/?p=2468"},"modified":"2019-02-08T00:10:20","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:10:20","slug":"cardinal-sarah-critiques-fr-james-martin-on-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alumniforacatholicusd.org\/index.php\/2019\/02\/08\/cardinal-sarah-critiques-fr-james-martin-on-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardinal Sarah critiques Fr James Martin on homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cardinal Sarah critiques Fr James Martin on homosexuality<\/strong><\/p>\n

source: http:\/\/catholicherald.co.uk\/news\/2017\/09\/01\/cardinal-sarah-critiques-fr-james-martin-on-homosexuality\/?utm_content=buffer3dd87&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Church cannot back down on its call to chastity, the cardinal said<\/p>\n

Cardinal Robert Sarah, prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has said the Church cannot back down on its teaching on chastity when dealing with the gay community.<\/p>\n

In an\u00a0op-ed for the Wall Street Journal<\/a>, the cardinal critiques Fr James Martin\u2019s book \u2018Building a Bridge\u2019, which calls for \u201cdialogue\u201d with the LGBT community while criticising Church figures for showing hypocrisy on the issue of chastity.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Sarah describes Fr Martin as \u201cone of the most outspoken critics of the church\u2019s message with regard to sexuality\u201d, and argues that while Fr Martin is right to say there should be no double standards regarding the call to chastity, members of the LGBT community must be made aware of the fullness of Church teaching.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe repeats the common criticism that Catholics have been harshly critical of homosexuality, while neglecting the importance of sexual integrity among all of its followers,\u201d Cardinal Sarah writes.<\/p>\n

\u201cFather Martin is correct to argue that there should not be any double standard with regard to the virtue of chastity, which, challenging as it may be, is part of the good news of Jesus Christ for all Christians. For the unmarried\u2014no matter their attractions\u2014faithful chastity requires abstention from sex.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cardinal Sarah says that while this may seem a high standard, especially in the modern world, it would be \u201ccontrary to the wisdom and goodness of Christ to require something that cannot be achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a mother, the Church seeks to protect her children from the harm of sin, as an expression of her pastoral charity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Fr Martin responded by\u00a0telling America magazine<\/a>, of which he is editor-at-large, that he is not challenging Church teaching. Instead, he is calling for Catholics to ask why that teaching is so widely rejected by the LGBT community.<\/p>\n

He also praised Cardinal Sarah for using the term \u201cLGBT\u201d in his op-ed, which he calls a \u201cstep forward\u201d.<\/p>\n

However, he said the cardinal \u201cmisses a few important points,\u201d including \u201cthe immense suffering that LGBT Catholics have felt at the hands of their church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBuilding a Bridge is not a book of moral theology nor a book on the sexual morality of LGBT people. It is an invitation to dialogue and to prayer, and I\u2019m sure that Cardinal Sarah would agree on the importance of both.\u201d Fr Martin said.<\/p>\n

In his op-ed, the cardinal said that while experiencing attraction to people of the same sex is not in itself sinful, same-sex relations are \u201cgravely sinful and harmful to the well-being of those who partake in them\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who identify as members of the LGBT community are owed this truth in charity, especially from clergy who speak on behalf of the church about this complex and difficult topic,\u201d Cardinal Sarah added.<\/p>\n

He praised the example Catholics who experience same-sex attraction but live according to Church teaching, citing\u00a0Daniel Mattson and his\u00a0book\u00a0\u201cWhy I Don\u2019t Call Myself Gay: How I Reclaimed My Sexual Reality and Found Peace.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThese men and women testify to the power of grace, the nobility and resilience of the human heart, and the truth of the church\u2019s teaching on homosexuality,\u201d the cardinal said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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