Strickland: Synod report on homosexuality a ‘direct assault’ on Catholic teaching

 

 


 When foundational moral truths regarding marriage, sexuality, sin, repentance, and salvation are treated as open questions, the crisis is no longer theoretical; it is present and active.


Wed May 6, 2026 -

(Pillars of Faith) — The recent report issued by Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality is deeply alarming and stands in direct contradiction to the constant teaching of the Catholic Church regarding human sexuality, sin, marriage, and the moral law.

The Church cannot change what God Himself has revealed.

Sacred Scripture speaks clearly regarding the sin of sodomy and homosexual acts. St. Paul writes in Romans 1 that such acts are “against nature,” and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches plainly that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” (CCC 2357). This teaching does not come from prejudice, politics, or cultural custom. It comes from Divine Revelation, Sacred Tradition, and the perennial teaching authority of the Church.

To suggest that the sin does not consist in the same-sex relationship itself is not merely confusing language. It is a direct assault upon Catholic moral doctrine and upon the words of Scripture itself.
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In every age, the Church is called to love sinners while never blessing sin. Authentic charity calls every soul to repentance, chastity, holiness, and conversion through Jesus Christ. True pastoral care does not affirm souls in patterns of behavior that separate them from God. A shepherd who sees danger and remains silent is not merciful.

The attempt to normalize or redefine homosexual relationships within the life of the Church is part of a broader effort to transform Catholicism into something more acceptable to the modern world. But the Church does not belong to the modern world. The Church belongs to Jesus Christ.

The destruction of doctrine under the language of “discernment,” “listening,” and “lived experience” is one of the gravest spiritual dangers of our time. Truth is not determined by experience. Truth is revealed by God.

Our Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah as a warning to every generation against grave sexual sin and rebellion against the order established by the Creator. Yet now even these truths are reinterpreted and minimalized by voices within the Church herself. This should cause profound sorrow and holy alarm among the faithful.

This is why many Catholics increasingly recognize that we are living through an authentic emergency in the life of the Church. When foundational moral truths regarding marriage, sexuality, sin, repentance, and salvation are treated as open questions, the crisis is no longer theoretical. It is present and active.

It is precisely developments such as these that have led many faithful Catholics to conclude that the Church is enduring a genuine doctrinal and pastoral emergency. When truths that Catholics have always understood as settled and unchangeable are suddenly treated as matters for “discernment” or reinterpretations, confusion spreads rapidly among the faithful.

 

 

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