Gay children are 'children of God', Pope tells parents. (Article)

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I didn’t say it was a problem I think it’s great! Just thought I would share. 🙂
 
Are they children of God in the sense that they were created in His image, that He thirsts for their souls, that He would and did sacrifice His only Son for them, and that their repentance will bring joy in Heaven?

Absolutely.

Does that mean that the sins they may or may not commit cannot remove them from a state of Grace, that sodomy or willful lustful thoughts are no longer gravely evil, or that they can remain in a state of mortal sin without seeking repentance and an intention to reform their lives and still achieve the beatific vision?

No.

The language here must be taken very carefully to only include what the Church has always taught: there is no sinner so far gone that he cannot repent, but mortal sin cuts the sinner off from God and puts one’s soul in a state of damnation and only repentence can remove the soul from the bonds of the devil and back into the arms of the Shepherd.
 
It’s all good. The writers of this article put ‘children of God’ in air quotes like they didn’t think people would believe the Pope said this. I can see why you were defensive.
 
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It’s all good. The writers of this article put ‘children of God’ in air quotes like they didn’t think people would believe the Pope said this. I can see why you were defensive.
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Journalists use quote marks all the time, and it is often difficult to ascertain whether they meant them as scare-quotes or exact-quotes, or both.
 
Of course God loves them as he loves all people. But he doesn’t love their sins, whether the practice of homosexuality or any other sin.
 
Why is there a picture of a toddler in an article about “gay children”? I assumed it was adults (or at least teenagers) being discussed.

And yeah, God loves us despite our concupiscence and sins–He loves us first even when we are enemies–but doesn’t will us to stay exactly as we are. Ultimately, for those who fight the good fight, obey the commandments, and persevere to the end in faith and charity, he will even perfect away our concupiscences before we enter Heaven.
 
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I had the same initial reaction. It is rare here that the word “gay” is followed by something positive.
 
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Does that mean that the sins they may or may not commit cannot remove them from a state of Grace, that sodomy or willful lustful thoughts are no longer gravely evil, or that they can remain in a state of mortal sin without seeking repentance and an intention to reform their lives and still achieve the beatific vision?

No.

The language here must be taken very carefully to only include what the Church has always taught: there is no sinner so far gone that he cannot repent, but mortal sin cuts the sinner off from God and puts one’s soul in a state of damnation and only repentence can remove the soul from the bonds of the devil and back into the arms of the Shepherd.
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There is no one among us who doesn’t sin. When we generally that God loves all, we don’t add qualifiers such as “except for…”. Why should we do anything differently in this case?
 
Because there is a great deal of social pressure on Catholics to believe that there is nothing wrong with homosexuality. No other sin is pushed quite so hard, especially on these types of forums (nominally or predominantly Christian).
 
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I’m not entirely sure why any of this is news?
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It’s not news. And it’s obvious that they used a picture of Pope Francis with young kids as a subtle jab/ scare tactic. Half the people reading probably think “Gay children” refers to the kids in the picture.
Same ol’ same old.
 
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There’s also a great deal of pressure telling us there’s nothing wrong with fornication. It’s become normalized, and accepted - even among a lot of Catholics.
 
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