The John Paul II Academy for Human Life and the Family has issued an open letter sharply criticising the Synod Study Group 9 report on same-sex relations, warning that its proposed “paradigm shift” departs from Catholic teaching and divine Revelation in favour of the “spirit of the age.”
The academy argues that the text is incompatible with the Church’s understanding of Revelation, risks reviving condemned modernist errors, and “touches the very integrity of the Catholic faith,” particularly by appearing to normalise or bless unions based on acts the Catechism calls “intrinsically disordered,” and by speaking positively about children being adopted and raised by same-sex couples.
The letter, addressed to Cardinal Mario Grech, secretary general of the Synod of Bishops, questions whether the report truly reflects the faith of ordinary practising Catholics. It suggests instead that it emerges from ecclesial circles long intent on revising Catholic teaching on sexuality and family life, and accuses the process of selectively using testimonies in an “ideologically predetermined” way rather than through genuine ecclesial discernment.
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