Commentary Urges Catholic Church to Correct 40-Year-Old Doctrine on LGBTQ People

Pope Leo XIV’s diagnosis with lung cancer has drawn global attention to the human side of the Vatican. The source notes that popes, like other people, become ill, and that the Church’s leaders share the human condition, which it hopes includes compassion for and appreciation of difference.

The source points to the upcoming 40th anniversary of *On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons*, a letter from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, which the author calls “infamous.” The author’s column, titled “Catholic Church’s ‘Theological Pornography’ Continues to Harm LGBTQI+ People 40 Years On,” argues that the letter continues to cause harm to LGBTQI+ people. The source does not describe the letter’s specific wording or provide responses from Church officials.

The author writes that the anniversary is “a golden opportunity to correct errors and embrace human diversity,” a call to honest reckoning with past teaching (Proverbs 11:1).

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