Care for Persons who Experience Same-Sex Attraction or Distress Related to Sexual Identity – Select Teaching Resources

Care for Persons who Experience Same-Sex Attraction or Distress Related to Sexual Identity – Select Teaching Resources

1. THE HOLY SEE 

Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith, Dignitas Infinita (2024)

• Teaching about the need to respect the natural order of the human person, Pope Francis affirmed that “creation is prior to us and must be received as a gift. At the same time, we are called to protect our humanity, and this means, in the first place, accepting it and respecting it as it was created.” It follows that any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception. This is not to exclude the possibility that a person with genital abnormalities that are already evident at birth or that develop later may choose to receive the assistance of healthcare professionals to resolve these abnormalities. However, in this case, such a medical procedure would not constitute a sex change in the sense intended here. (No. 60)

Pontifical Council for the Family, The Truth and Meaning of Human Sexuality (1995)

• Especially when the practice of homosexual acts has not become a habit, many cases can benefit from appropriate therapy. (No. 104)
• Homosexuality should not be discussed before adolescence unless a specific serious problem has arisen in a particular situation. This subject must be presented only in terms of chastity, health and "the truth about human sexuality in its relationship to the family as taught by the Church." (No. 125)

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