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In response to a question about LGBTQ issues, Pope Leo said, “People want the Church doctrine to change, want attitudes to change. I think we have to change attitudes before we ever change doctrine.” When I read that, I immediately thought, “If Robert Prevost were my student and he maintained that position, I never would have recommended him for orders.”
As a dogmatic theologian, I taught my students that Catholic doctrine is based on the scriptures and tradition grounded in the natural law. Scripture provides divine revelation through sacred texts; tradition encompasses the accumulated wisdom and teachings of the faith community; and the natural law presupposes an innate understanding of right and wrong attainable through human reason and observation of nature.
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‘ATTITUDES’ CANNOT CHANGE DOCTRINE
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