Pope Francis hope for the Catholic church to embrace gay unions failed after the more conservatives in the Roman Catholic church refused to veto the final document that the catholic church should learn to respect the positive aspects of gay couples because,they have "Gifts and qualities" to offer the church .They however changed the initial document to accept that men and women of homosegxwal tendencies must be welcomed with respect and sensitivity and should not suffer from discrimination .
Proposals to allow divorced and remarried Catholics to receive communion were also defeated.
The gay rights Catholics have expressed disappointment that at the end of the two week assembly known as synod,the church failed to welcome them with openness like they do to straight people...
Three controversial articles, including the final version of one concerning gays won an absolute majority but failed to get the two-thirds vote needed for a broad consensus.
At the final closing ceremony yesterday, Pope Francis who wants a more merciful and less rigid church said in regards to the rejection of change by some bishops
"God is not afraid of new things. That is why he is continuously surprising us, opening our hearts and guiding us in unexpected ways," "the Church is called to waste no time in seeking to bind up open wounds and to rekindle hope in so many people who have lost hope.The church has to respond courageously to whatever new challenges come our way"
Liberal bishops such as Mgr Georges Pontier, President of the French Bishops’ Conference told Reuters
“If a same-sex couple has been in a relationship for 30 years, I can’t call that nothing,”
Cardinal Reinhard Marx, Archbishop of Munich.said..
“Exclusion is not the language of the Church,”“You cannot tell Catholics living in irregular family situations, ‘you are a second-rate Christians’.”
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