The Chaldean Church refuses to bless homosexual unions

The Synod of the Chaldean Church, led by Cardinal and Patriarch Louis Raphael Sako, has publicly announced that it refuses to bless homosexual unions in order to preserve the sanctity of marriage. In the same statement, they indicate the need to raise awareness among priests about the seriousness of sexual abuse of minors.

The Chaldean Church, which has given a good number of martyrs to the Catholic Church in recent times, killed out of hatred for the faith by Islamist fundamentalists of ISIS, follows the pattern set by the Eastern churches, whether they are in communion with Rome or not, and by a good part of the world's Latin-rite episcopate, and refuses to bless homosexual unions.

The Chaldean Church is one of the twenty-four sui iuris Churches that make up the Catholic Church. It is an Eastern Catholic Church that follows the Chaldean (or East Syrian) liturgical tradition, using East Syriac as its liturgical language and Peninsular Arabic as its auxiliary language. It is presided over by Cardinal and Patriarch Sako .

In the statement, they make it clear that this blessing, as much as Cardinal Tucho and others claim otherwise by explaining Fiducia Supplicans , affects the sacrament of marriage, as cardinals such as Müller and Sarah have shown.

Communiqué from the Chaldean Church

Chaldean Synod Decision on the Blessing of Homosexual Unions

The Synod Fathers discussed the topic of sexual harassment and the homosexual issue in the evening session of Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

The Fathers decided:

The need to protect children from sexual harassment and to raise awareness among priests about the seriousness of this issue. They also stressed the importance of priests participating in a child protection programme and obtaining a certificate from the local ecclesiastical authority.

Regarding homosexual unions (two people of the same sex), they adopted the following decision: the Chaldean Church in Iraq and the world does not consider homosexual unions as a marriage, since it defines marriage between a man and a woman as the only legitimate marriage for the formation of a family, and refuses to bless the union of homosexuals, preserving the sanctity of marriage, which is one of the seven sacraments.