What do Catholics believe about homosexuals?

Answer 1

In Catholicism, traditionally, homosexual practices are seen as sins, as Catholics follow Natural Law - looking at nature to find their purpose - and they believe that their purpose in life is to reproduce, so homosexuals are not fulfilling this purpose and therefore are going against God's wishes.

However, some progressive Catholics think that God has designed homosexuals with a different purpose, so they are not against God's wishes, and so are acceptable.

Answer 2

The Catholic Church claims that homosexuals are abnormal and contrary to natural law. As false as this is, that is the belief of the Church.

Paragraph 2357 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church describes the Church's stance on homosexuality:

Chastity and homosexuality

2357 Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity,141 tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered."142 They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.

Answer 3

Use the website below if you truly want to know about the catholic faith. It is a shame that a church that has been in existence for 2000 years and was founded by God, Himself, is so misquoted, and misinterpreted.

Catholic AnswerThe Church has taught consistently that homosexual acts are gravely disordered, in other words, this is a sin. Homosexuals, in themselves, are just people, like everyone else, called to be perfect by Jesus Christ and His Church. The Church condemns most vehemently any unjust discrimination and offers them the sacraments, just as It does for everybody, in order to live a Christian life.

So many things, in the present day, are celebrated as "rights" or "freedoms", for instance, the pro-choice movement. But all "pro-choice" has always been a sin, and the Church is teaching the same thing today that it did centuries ago, holding fast to the revelation given it by Jesus Christ, even when that is against the current culture. The Church has always stood against the current culture, even in ancient Rome when it was actually considered scandalous that the Christians didn't expose their babies (for death).

In other words, the Catholic Church holds fast to the unchanging moral code revealed to Her by God, that homosexuals are sinners no different than anybody else, deserving love and respect; and that homosexual acts are sinful. Which is 180 degrees from what the world is trying to do.

from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, second edition, English translation 1994 2357Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, (Cf. Gen. 19:1-29; Rom 1:24-27; 1 Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10) tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." (Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Persona humana 8) they are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

2358 The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

2359 Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection

Answer 4

They believe that like anyone else they should be treated with respect and dignity and are welcome to the church. They do not believe in same sex marriage, however.

Roman Catholic AnswerThe Church has always taught that all human beings, save our Blessed Savior, and His Mother, are sinners, and in need of God's love and redemption. She believes, and teaches, that homosexuals, just the same as everyone else, should be treated with compassion and respect, but they are called to live a chaste live - exactly the same as everyone else; all are called to chastity. In other words, homosexuality is just one more the of the disordered passions that people have to deal with to overcome sin. For a more complete treatment, please read the Vatican's letter to the Bishops below: