Cardinal José Cobo called for greater “inclusion” of Catholics who adopt homosexual and transgender lifestyles at a conference for a heterodox LGBT group.
Cobo, who is the current archbishop of Madrid, wrote a letter that was read at the conference in the Spanish capital.
“In addition to welcoming others, we must promote a culture of dialogue, accompaniment, and effective inclusion of those who wish to walk with the Church,” the vice president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference wrote.
To achieve this, the cardinal said that “we are opening new doors and new pastoral attitudes.”
He stated that “the centrality of the person and their dignity should be normative for all Christians.”
For this reason, Cobo called on Christian communities to avoid what he referred to as “all types of unjust discrimination and processes that dehumanize us.”
Cobo’s remarks were clearly addressed to the group that hosted the pro-LGBT event, the “Global Network of Rainbow Catholics” (GNRC). The cardinal failed to mention that engaging in homosexual acts is a mortal sin and that those who commit them need to repent or that homosexuality is “objectively disordered,” as the Church teaches.
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