“Church does not categorize people”

Archbishop Charles Chaput has spoken out against categorizations in church documents. In the working paper for the Synod of Bishops, for example, abbreviations for homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people would be used, the U.S. bishop said at the Youth Synod.

Archbishop of Philadelphia, Charles Chaput, has urged mindfulness in wording about sexuality in church documents. The abbreviation LGBT (for homosexual, bisexual and transsexual people) and similar phrases should not be used in church documents, "because the church does not categorize people in this way," Chaput said in his speech at the Catholic World Synod of Bishops on Youth at the Vatican. The Catholic Herald published the speech Thursday in its online edition.

The working paper for the Synod of Bishops "Instrumentum laboris" is the first Vatican document to use the abbreviation LGBT. It appears once in item 197. It says: "Several young LGBT people approached the Synod Secretariat with various contributions, stating that they wanted 'greater closeness' to the Church and would like to see more attention from the Church."

This had already attracted attention when the paper was published in June. Synod Secretary General Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri explained at the time that it was a quote from the presynod, which drew 300 participants to Rome in March.

Crisis was the result of pleasure and confusion

Chaput stressed that it is "crucial for any discussion of anthropological ies" to explain why Catholic sexual teachings are true. However, this aspect was missing from the working document. He hoped the synod fathers would address this when revising the document.

Chaput also commented on sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. The crisis is a result of "genuscht and confusion" that prevail in part "even among those who have the mandate to teach and lead," the archbishop said. "And minors, our young people, have paid the price for this."

At youth synod 34 young participants

Since Wednesday, the 15. Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to which more than 260 bishops from around the world were invited. The number of bishops invited to the 28. October-long gathering is titled "Young people, faith and vocational discernment".

In addition to synod participants with voting rights, such as bishops and religious, external experts and selected so-called auditors are also represented. Among them are 34 young participants between the ages of 18 and 29, who are permitted to speak but have no voting rights.

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