http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2018/10/09/0737/01558.html
“We need to make sure we are clear that young people who don’t agree with the church on sex are still members of the churches”
“Also, there are many other forms of family other than the nuclear family or the extended family. We had a debate in our small group about non-ideal groupings from the Christian perspective. Does leadership in the Church require bishops and priests to proclaim the Gospel truth by denying that these are families? Or does our leadership require us to accompany the young people in the reality in which they find themselves? Perhaps these are not contradictory realities: St John recounts that Jesus both accepted the woman caught in adultery and proposed something else. Is it possible for us to both accept and even honour the family unit that a young person finds herself in and to share the Gospel ideal to her?”
“It now seems necessary to approach the issue of sexuality more openly with young people and to discuss all the subjects related to it. The Church is called to update her teaching on these themes knowing that she is a servant of the mercy of God. In this sense, it might be useful to elaborate and propose to the particular Churches a document dealing with questions of affectivity and sexuality.”
“Another change that was suggested was to substitute the word “gender” for sex. However, other synods did not agree because the expression “gender” in the context refers to women and not to sexual orientation. Therefore, it is proposed to use the following expression: “sex” and “sexual orientation”.
“USA has many home schoolers – bishops in USA are not united, as homeschooling can have an ideological basis – kids may have special needs…. are parents qualified to homeschool them?”
” “From the riches of her teaching, including from her “treasure trove” of social doctrine, the Church can offer them reasons for living and hoping. She does this best with young people by avoiding a moralistic or polemical approach – as if we had all the “ready- made” answers – but instead accompanying young people in a climate of joy and adventure of discovery.”
“We must avoid telling young people “that should not be done” but, rather, make them see the consequences of their actions, since an empathetic Church is the one that accompanies despite the errors, without imposing, prohibiting, or demanding. However, those same points are the least empathetic and there is a need to emphasize the importance of decisions and encourage them to take risks and take them.”
“The recent growth of new forms of fundamentalism and intolerance, which make the education of young people more respectful of the other, to dialogue, more important than the relationship between young people, faiths and religions (Nos. 24-25) between believers and non-believers and in interreligious and ecumenical circles.”
“. In this context there has been a reflection on the rebalancing of the relationship between man and woman in the Church and in society, with the invitation not to close in a sterile confrontation of roles to open up to a fruitful interaction and greater sharing of responsibilities in the construction of the Kingdom through a human formation increasingly responsive to the dignity of both. “
