Pope Francis appoints an American Jesuit priest who runs outreach ministry for LGBTQ Catholics to be among participants at a major Vatican gathering later this year.
, given the church’s teaching on the subject. Francis then clarified that he should have said that any sexual act outside marriage is a sin.
Throughout his 10-year-old papacy, Francis has upheld Catholic teaching on sexuality but has made outreach to LGBTQ people a priority.the right to vote at the gathering, which runs from Oct. 4 till Oct. 29. That reform reflected his wider hopes to give women greater decision-making responsibilities and make it possible for laypeople to have more say in the life of the Catholic Church.
Among those expressing gratitude to the pope for his attention to women’s roles was Sheila Leocádia Pires, a journalist with experience in Catholic media who was appointed as secretary of the commission for information at the synod. “Certainly as an African woman from Mozambique living and serving the Church in South Africa, I do think that Pope Francis is giving a good sign to all women in the global south, especially in Africa,’’ she said in a written statement Friday.
The synod process continues in 2024 with a second phase. After its conclusion, Francis is expected to issue a document considering the proposals that have been put to him by the delegates.
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