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Vatican Synod on the Family hears plea for more inclusive language about LGBTIs
A group of around half a dozen bishops attending Pope Francis’ Synod on the Family in Rome has called for an end to derogatory language in discussing homosexual people.
Around 300 bishops and lay delegates are meeting at the synod which is being held, following a global consultation with Catholics, to revisit how the church approaches a range of issues relating to gender, sexuality, relationships and family.
So far 62 bishops have spoken at the synod including these half dozen, who called for an end to treating gays and lesbians like people who needed to be ‘pitied’ or calling them ‘disordered.’
The Vatican Press Office’s Father Tom Rosica summarized the bishops as saying, ‘there must be an end to exclusionary language and a strong emphasis on embracing reality as it is. We should not be afraid of new and complex situations.
He said the bishops had called for a ‘new form of language, in particular in speaking of homosexuals.’
‘We [should] not pity gay persons but we recognise them for who they are. They are our sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters, our neighbors and our colleagues.’
However there will be other views at the synod who will be arguing for a continuation of the status quo in the church’s approach to LGBTI people and it remains to be seen whether more progressive voices in the church will be able to prevail.
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