Cardinal Gregory Praises Fr. James Martin’s LGBT Outreach Conference For Its ‘Synodality’

During his homily for the opening Mass of the annual conference hosted by the controversial LGBT “Outreach” group, Cardinal Wilton Gregory said that “in many respects” those at the conference “are engaging in an act of synodality” and emphasized the importance of unity as a goal for both the Church and the nation.

The “Outreach 2024 LGBTQ Catholic Ministry Conference” took place from Aug. 2 to 4 in the Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., where Cardinal Gregory serves as archbishop.

Cardinal Gregory celebrated Mass for the Conference at Dahlgren Chapel at Georgetown University on Aug. 3. According to the Catholic Standard, Cardinal Gregory said during the homily that those attending the conference have “gathered… at an extraordinary, if not risky, moment for our church and country.”

“The challenges that either one of these two illustrious institutions might offer us would provide more than ample reasons for our current angst and perhaps even distress,” he said. “The increase in violence, the forfeiture of civility in public discourse, the disavowal of once well-known hallowed values can be found in both institutions.”

“You, nonetheless, gather now for dialogue at this moment in time and your willingness to engage in sincere dialogue is itself a welcome source of hopefulness,” Cardinal Gregory continued:

In many respects you are engaging in an act of synodality – the vision and invitation proposed by Pope Francis that sincerely and openly speaking and listening to one another under the light and guidance of the Holy Spirit is the way that the Church grows in perfection.

He added that St. John the Evangelist helps call to mind “that unity – being joined with each other – is a goal to be achieved” and that unity “remains a sign that Christ Himself is there in our midst urging us to reflect the unity that He shares uniquely with His Father and invites us to share with Him.”

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