Comments on: Survey has hard messages for Church

By: Graeme

Graeme — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 11:04:44 +0000

Regrettably, this summary/report of the survey’s responses smacks of the same “liberal” slant which has come to characterise Catholic Communications in recent decades.
It really is distressing when one finds oneself unable to trust the Church’s bureaucrats.
Of course, the position is exacerbated by the zeal of the “liberals” for making manifold responses to such surveys.

By: Gary Yates

Gary Yates — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 09:48:36 +0000

No Maureen. Refer: Genesis 19, Leviticus 18:22, Romans 1: 26-28,
1 Corinthians 6:9-10, Ephesians 5:5-7, 2 Peter 3:16 (for those who deny St Paul’s authority). And CCC 2357.

By: Alex John Archer

Alex John Archer — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 04:48:32 +0000

Homosexual, unucks and bi sex is increasing like anything in india please do something about this.

By: maureen

maureen — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 03:08:36 +0000

I believe people are born homosexual, heterosexual, bi-sexual, transgender, and other. God made them this way, so what is His/Her lesson to us all?

Definitions re God’s gender orientation are just as limiting He or She as are God’s variations of gender in us humans.

By: Francis

Francis — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:47:48 +0000

Every mention of “Church” in this article should be replaced with “Jesus/the Catholic Church/God/Holy Scripture” – eg “some/many Catholics believe that Jesus/the Catholic Church/God/Holy Scripture’s position on homosexuality/contraception/fornication etc is unjust/narrow minded etc…. I’m sorry but God cannot be unjust/narrow minded etc. God created us and he knows what is best for us. He lets us know what that is through Holy Scripture and through the teaching Magisterium of the Church. These teachings regarding Faith and Morals cannot be changed. You cannot change the teachings of God’s Church to suit how you want it to be. If a person wants to ignore God’s teachings in a serious matter (which all the above are) – without later going to confession, they objectively may die with Mortal Sin on their Soul. Priests needs to be preaching about these issues (with patience and charity) in their sermons, even if they may be hard to hear for some. Just like a doctor should tell a alcoholic with serious liver problems to stop drinking. To tell his patient that is not uncaring/narrow minded etc.

By: Jan

Jan — Sun, 05 Oct 2014 21:58:38 +0000

The simple fact is that the Catholic Church’s teaching is based on Christ’s teaching. Therefore, we cannot change Christ’s teachings to conform with sin as Cardinal Burke has pointed out. Generations past have managed despite wars and a Great Depression. If this is the true result of the survey then many Catholics have gone too soft on themselves and it is up to us to change not the Church.