Bishop Strickland Lectures Leo XIV on Sexual Sins: Not of Less Importance
On 24 April, Bishop Joseph Strickland posted a comment on X regarding Pope Leo XIV's response to a question on blessings for homosexual couples in the Archdiocese of Munich during the flight from Africa to Rome.
Monsignor Strickland called the distinction between 'formal' and 'informal' blessings, as referenced in 'Fiducia Supplicans', confusing because sin cannot be blessed.
Likewise, the suggestion that there are 'greater and more important' moral issues than sexual morality must be understood with great care: "The Church has never taught that sins against chastity are of little importance."
"Sacred Scripture and the constant teaching of the Church affirm that sexual morality touches deeply on the dignity of the human person, the sanctity of marriage, and the proper ordering of love."
Leo XIV had said that there are much greater and more important issues, such as justice, equality, and the freedom of men and women and of religion.
Bishop Strickland responded: "The moral law is not divided into competing categories where one truth can be set aside for another. All truth comes from God, and all sin - whether against justice, charity or chastity - separates the soul from Him."
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