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Homosexuality
Our collection of articles on romantic attraction, sexual attraction or sexual behavior between members of the same sex, from a Catholic point of view.
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Kathleen N. Hattrup
Pope reiterates Church teaching on homosexuality in letter to Fr. Martin
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Kathleen N. Hattrup
Distinguish between sin and crime, says Pope on homosexuality
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Kathleen N. Hattrup
On same-sex unions, Pope says Church doesn’t have power to change sacraments
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Kathleen N. Hattrup
Catholic Church can’t bless same-sex unions: CDF affirms
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Bishop Robert Barron
Bishop Barron: What I learned talking with thousands of skeptics on Reddit
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