Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich calls for revision of Church teaching that homos*xuality is sinfulmodate homos*xuals

A prince of the Roman Catholic Church, “Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich” who is also a strategic Jesuit ally of the pope, has said that the church is wrong in its position that homos*xuality is sinful. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich of Luxembourg in a recent interview with KDA, a German Catholic news agency, said the church is “no longer correct” in its teachings about homos*xuality.

He said: “The Church’s positions on homos*xual relationships as sinful are wrong.

He also said : “I believe that the sociological and scientific foundation of this doctrine is no longer correct. It is time for a fundamental revision of Church teaching, and the way in which Pope Francis has spoken of homos*xuality could lead to a change in doctrine.”

He also added that: “In our archdiocese, in Luxembourg, no one is fired for being homos*xual, or divorced and remarried. I can’t toss them out – they would become unemployed, and how can such a thing be Christian? As for homos*xual priests, there are many of these, and it would be good if they could talk about this with their bishop without his condemning them.”

Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich’s statement got attention because of his great position in the Roman Catholic Church. He leads the Commission of the Bishops’ Conferences of the European Union, and is also the pope’s choice for “relator general” for the October 2023 global Synod of Bishops, where he will help shape its work to weigh the church’s future.