{"id":1380644,"date":"2022-03-15T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1380644"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:06:02","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:06:02","slug":"german-cardinal-celebrates-mass-marking-20-years-of-queer-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/german-cardinal-celebrates-mass-marking-20-years-of-queer-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"German Cardinal Celebrates Mass Marking \u201820 Years of Queer Worship\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgerman-cardinal-celebrates-mass-marking-20-years-of-queer-worship%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1380644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">ROME \u2014 German Cardinal Reinhard Marx celebrated a Mass Sunday to commemorate \u201c20 years of queer worship and pastoral care\u201d in Munich, Germany.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI desire an inclusive Church, a Church that includes all who want to walk the way of Jesus,\u201d said Cardinal Marx, the archbishop of Munich and an adviser to Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to the archdiocesan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.erzbistum-muenchen.de\/news\/bistum\/Kardinal-Marx-Ich-wuensche-mir-eine-inklusive-Kirche-41232.news\">website<\/a>, the cardinal was preaching to a \u201cqueer congregation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his homily, Marx insisted that Jesus himself was opposed to \u201cthose who exclude\u201d but rather \u201cwould like to invite everyone with the primacy of love!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe kingdom of God is to discover that God is love \u2014 in all its dimensions,\u201d said Marx, which includes \u201cthe sexual dimension.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAll human relationships must be characterized by the primacy of love. Then they can be accepted by God,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>A synodal church means being open, learning and always setting out anew in faith, in the search for the \u201cGod\u2019s possibilities\u201d and \u201cin the question of what we have to say about sexuality and what we have to say about human relationships.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12303627\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2020\/01\/united-methodist-church-lgbt-issues-separation-ap.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>In this April 19, 2019, file photo, a gay pride rainbow flag flies along with the U.S. flag in front of the Asbury United Methodist Church in Prairie Village, Kan. (AP Photo\/Charlie Riedel, File)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marx went on to say that discrimination has not ended, as is shown by the fact that criticisms of the homosexual community can be heard even from Christians. \u201cI am shocked that it is not over,\u201d Marx said. Everyone can have his own convictions, \u201cbut as a bishop, I cannot question the recognition and primacy of love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the president of the German Catholic Bishops\u2019 Conference, Bishop Georg B\u00e4tzing, declared that the Catholic Church must change its teaching on sexual morality, insisting that gay sex does not harm a person\u2019s relationship with God.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Same-sex relations are <a href=\"https:\/\/de.catholicnewsagency.com\/story\/ethiker-kritisiert-bischof-baetzings-aussagen-zu-sexualmoral-der-kirche-10274\">okay<\/a>, Bishop B\u00e4tzing told the German <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bunte.de\/\">magazine<\/a> <em>Bunte<\/em>\u00a0in its March 4 issue, \u201cas long as they are carried out with loyalty and responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t affect one\u2019s relationship with God,\u201d the bishop added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>B\u00e4tzing asserted that how a person lives their personal intimacy \u201cis none of my business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No one follows Church teaching on sexuality anymore, the bishop said, and so \u201cwe have to partially change the catechism. Sexuality is a gift from God. It\u2019s not a sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Last year Bishop B\u00e4tzing made headlines when he publicly opposed a Vatican declaration forbidding the blessing of same-sex couples.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI believe that we have to assess homosexuality and lived partnerships outside of marriage differently,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnd.de\/politik\/bischof-batzing-zur-segnung-homosexueller-paare-es-steht-veranderung-an-6YW74SLZHRESXFFNVF763CUMLA.html\">said<\/a> B\u00e4tzing at the time. \u201cWe can no longer proceed solely from natural law, but have to think much more in terms of care and personal responsibility for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8578733\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-579537814.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8578733\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-579537814.png\" alt=\"Cardinal Reinhard Marx speaks during a memorial service for the victims of the shooting spree in Munich on July 24, 2016 at the &#039;Dom zu Unserer Lieben Frau&#039; Frauenkirche church in Munich, southern Germany. Europe reacted in shock to the third attack on the continent in just over a week, after 18-year-old German-Iranian student David Ali Sonboly went on a shooting spree at a shopping centre on July 22, 2016 in what appears to have been a premeditated attack, before turning the gun on himself. \/ AFP \/ dpa \/ Sven Hoppe \/ Germany OUT (Photo credit should read SVEN HOPPE\/AFP\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cardinal Reinhard Marx said he \u201cdesires an inclusive Church, a Church that includes all who want to walk the way of Jesus.\u201d (SVEN HOPPE\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIn this regard, I would like to see a further development of Catholic teaching on sexual ethics,\u201d the bishop said.<\/p>\n<p>B\u00e4tzing said that people in homosexual relationships want the blessing of the Church, and the Church must \u201caddress this desire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can no longer answer these questions simply with a \u2018yes\u2019 or \u2018no.\u2019 That is not possible,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2021, the Vatican\u2019s doctrinal office (CDF) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/faith\/2021\/03\/15\/vatican-denies-the-possibility-of-blessing-homosexual-couples\/\">issued<\/a> a statement declaring that the Church has no authority to bless homosexual unions, noting that God Himself \u201cdoes not and cannot bless sin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Blessings require both \u201cthe right intention of those who participate\u201d and \u201cthat what is blessed be objectively and positively ordered to receive and express grace, according to the designs of God inscribed in creation,\u201d stated the text, published with the express approval of Pope Francis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor this reason, it is not licit to impart a blessing on relationships, or partnerships, even stable, that involve sexual activity outside of marriage,\u201d it read, \u201cas is the case of the unions between persons of the same sex.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ROME \u2014 German Cardinal Reinhard Marx celebrated a Mass Sunday to commemorate \u201c20 years of queer worship and pastoral care\u201d in Munich, Germany. \u201cI desire an inclusive Church, a Church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380644","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1380644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1380644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1380644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1380644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}