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CDF - Profession of
faith
With firm faith I believe that God, in creating human beings as
male and female, has created them equal as persons and complementary
as male and female. In marriage, they are united by God and become "one
flesh" (Gn 2:24), in a union that is by its very nature ordered
to the procreation and education of offspring (cf. Gn 1:28) and to the
good of the spouses (cf. Gaudium et spes 12, 48-51; Familiaris
consortio 11-15; Mulieris dignitatem 6-7; Codex Iuris Canonici can
1055; Catechism of the Catholic Church 371-372).
I firmly accept and hold that every baptized person, "clothed
with Christ" (Gal 3:27), is called to live the virtue of chastity
according to his particular state of life; married persons are called
to live conjugal chastity; all others must practice chastity in the
form of continence. Sexual intercourse may take place only within
marriage (cf. Persona humana 7, 11-12; Familiaris consortio 11;
Catechism of the Catholic Church 2348-2350).
I also firmly accept and hold that homosexual acts are always
objectively evil. On the solid foundation of a constant biblical
testimony, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity
(cf. Gn 19:1-29; Lv 18:22, 10:13; Rm 1:24-27; I Cor 6:10; 1 Tim 1:10),
Tradition has always declared that homosexual acts are intrinsically
disordered (cf. Persona humana 8; Homosexualitatis problema 3-8;
Catechism of the Catholic Church 2357, 2396).
I adhere with religious submission of will and intellect to the
teaching that the homosexual inclination, though not in itself a sin,
constitutes a tendency towards behavior that is intrinsically evil,
and therefore must be considered objectively disordered
(Homosexualitatis problema 3; Catechism of the Catholic Church 2358).
I also adhere with religious submission of will and intellect to
the teaching that, while homosexual persons must be received with
respect and protected from all unjust forms of discrimination, no one
can claim any right to engage in homosexual behavior (cf. Persona
humana 8; Homosexualitatis problema 9-10; Catechism of the Catholic
Church 2358).
Moreover, I also adhere with religious submission of will and
intellect to the teaching that homosexual persons, by the virtues of
self-mastery which lead to inner freedom, by prayer and sacramental
grace and other forms of assistance, can advance toward Christian
perfection (Homosexualitatis problema 12; Catechism of the Catholic
Church 2359).
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