Our bishop’s views aren’t Catholic

Katelijne Uytterhoeven
09 January 2015, The Tablet

Our bishop’s views aren’t Catholic

We are one of the oldest student associations of Belgium, the Flemish Catholic Students Union. In the Antwerp branch, we have around 15 members and there are plenty of old students who are still active or supportive. A week ago we sent a letter to the Flemish press about some comments our bishop, Johan Bonny, made concerning homosexual couples and their place in the Church. Bishop Bonny proposes that the Church should recognise homosexual and bisexual relationships. We responded. Bishop Bonny presupposes there is no place for homosexuals in the Catholic Church. On the contrary, everyone is welcome and called by God to take part in it. However there are universal rules, structures and traditions in the Church, applying to every Catholic. One of them is the sacrament of marriage, which is

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