As some of you may have noticed, there has been a major debate about the benediction of same-sex couples for some time, especially in Germany. This situation has led the Vatican Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to formulate an official position of the Catholic Church on these matters. As is well known, this position turned out to be negative for same-sex believers. In an interview with Luxembourg's Auxiliary Bishop Léo Wagener [€], the Wort newspaper reported that the Luxembourg Catholic Church would follow the Belgian interpretation, which in turn follows the Vatican position. He also said that the problem was not "the homosexual himself", the "problem is the connection" between them.

Given the role of the Catholic Church in Luxembourg as the largest religious community as well as an employer, the Church has a certain social responsibility. In this context, and not least at the request of some of our believing members, we have written an open letter to Cardinal Hollerich expressing our regret at the recent statements and asking him to work on this issue in the form of a working group.

On the same day, Cardinal Hollerich, represented by Auxiliary Bishop Wagener in a 100komma7 interview, said he would visit Rosa Lëtzebuerg to discuss this issue. Rosa Lëtzebuerg is looking forward to further developments.

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