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1 1 | teaching of the Catholic Church, it is quite rightly a cause
2 1 | Bishops of the Catholic Church this Letter on the Pastoral
3 2 | will of God our Father. The Church is thus in a position to
4 2 | is a proper focus for the Church's pastoral care. It thus
5 4 | confusion regarding the Church's teaching. One is a new
6 5 | expression (Dei Verbum 12). The Church today addresses the Gospel
7 5 | homosexual behaviour. The Church's doctrine regarding this
8 5 | way which contradicts the Church's living Tradition. To be
9 5 | and the Magisterium of the Church are so connected and associated
10 7 | 7. The Church, obedient to the Lord who
11 7 | creative wisdom of God. The Church, in rejecting erroneous
12 8 | 8. Thus, the Church's teaching today is in organic
13 8 | people today, even within the Church, are bringing enormous pressure
14 8 | pressure to bear on the Church to accept the homosexual
15 8 | activity. Those within the Church who argue in this fashion
16 8 | of every individual.~The Church's ministers must ensure
17 8 | opposed to the teaching of the Church. But the risk is great and
18 8 | confusion regarding the Church's position, and then to
19 9 | The movement within the Church, which takes the form of
20 9 | ignore the teaching of the Church or seek somehow to undermine
21 9 | countries to manipulate the Church by gaining the often well-intentioned
22 9 | the risks involved.~The Church can never be so callous.
23 10| deserves condemnation from the Church's pastors wherever it occurs.
24 10| conceivable right, neither the Church nor society at large should
25 11| not be culpable.~Here, the Church's wise moral tradition is
26 13| successful communication of the Church's teaching to all the faithful,
27 13| bring the teaching of the Church in its integrity to everyone.~
28 14| may seek to pressure the Church to change her teaching,
29 14| abandon the teaching of his Church. This contradictory action
30 15| with the teaching of the Church for homosexual persons of
31 15| that departure from the Church's teaching, or silence about
32 15| pastoral. The neglect of the Church's position prevents homosexual
33 16| gifts as well. Today, the Church provides a badly needed
34 17| teaching of the Lord and his Church on this important question
35 17| with the teaching of the Church.~They are encouraged to
36 17| who, by teaching what the Church teaches, and by deepening
37 17| from the teaching of the Church and which, therefore, cannot
38 17| family as taught by the Church. Such programmes should
39 17| undermine the teaching of the Church, which are ambiguous about
40 17| services and to the use of Church buildings by these groups,
41 17| such permission to use Church property may seem only just
42 18| truth and love calls the Church to minister to every man,
43 18| Letter to the Bishops of the Church, with the hope that it will
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