Does Anyone Have A Document From The Vatican

[XIX]

saying that the Catholic faithful should always oppose laws that recognize homosexual unions?

Thanks!

[Era Might]

[url="http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html"]http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congrega...-unions_en.html[/url]

[quote]If it is true that all Catholics are obliged to oppose the legal recognition of homosexual unions, Catholic politicians are obliged to do so in a particular way, in keeping with their responsibility as politicians.[/quote]

[XIX]

Yes yes. I think I saw that before so thanks for refreshing my memory.

Question: if this is a document from Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger when he wasn't the Pope, does that present anything problematic? Does it give the laity more "leeway" to disagree with this? I completely agree with the document, I just want to make sure how "official" this stance is.

[Era Might]

It is not a document from Ratzinger personally, but from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which speaks for the Holy See. That is why the Pope has to approve the document. See the end of the document:

[quote]The Sovereign Pontiff John Paul II, in the Audience of March 28, 2003, approved the present Considerations, adopted in the Ordinary Session of this Congregation, and ordered their publication.[/quote]

[Laudate_Dominum]

You're my hero dude.