Study Group 9 report draws criticism over Church teaching and Courage portrayal
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Updated · National Catholic Register · May 8
Study Group 9 report draws criticism over Church teaching and Courage portrayal
2 articles · Updated · National Catholic Register · May 8
The final 2024 synod text, released Tuesday, includes testimonies from two men in same-sex marriages and says sin lies not in the couple relationship itself.
Courage on 8 May called the document calumny and detraction, denied any reparative-therapy role, and said officials relied on one account without consulting its leaders.
Cardinal Gerhard Müller and other critics called the report subversive, while LGBTQ advocates praised it; synod documents now enter diocesan and bishops' conference review through an October 2028 Vatican assembly.
Is a Catholic ministry secretly promoting discredited 'reparative therapy' despite its public denials?
Why did a Vatican report attack a ministry that Pope Leo XIV personally praised just three months ago?