New report suggests the Synod still cannot speak clearly on homosexuality
Platforming active dissent from Church teaching on homosexuality while also giving a hat-tip to that same teaching, the latest advisory document from the synod is a textbook case in the style of the entire affair.
On May 5, the final report of Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality was published. Led by Peruvian Cardinal Carlos Gustavo Castillo Mattasoglio, the group is one of 10 established at the direct command of Pope Francis.
It is the latest study group report to emerge from the synod and it demonstrates why so many notable prelates raised concerns about the event, given that it makes a token nod to Church teaching on homosexuality while simultaneously undermining it somewhat by the nature of the views the report platforms and promotes.
"Platforming active dissent from Church teaching on homosexuality while also giving a hat-tip to that same teaching, the latest advisory document from the synod is a textbook case in the style of the entire affair."