Brazilian Catholic bishop backs legal gay unions

[UrbScotty]

One of Brazil's top Catholic bishops has spoken out in favor of legal unions for homosexual couples, an apparent shift in the Church's stance on the country's existing gay-marriage policy.

"There needs to be a dialog on the rights attached to shared life between people of the same sex who decide to live together. They need legal support from society," Leonardo Steiner, the secretary general of the National Confederation of Brazilian Bishops, said in an interview with O Globo newspaper published on its website Thursday.

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"The Church isn't the same through the ages. It seeks answers for the present time, using the Gospel as the illuminating force of its action," the bishop said.

"The Church is always seeking to read the signs of the times, to see what must or must not change. The truths of faith don't change."

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/362280/news/world/brazilian-catholic-bishop-backs-legal-gay-unions

[rug]

1. Finally some bishops get it right.

[okasha]

2. I have a suspicion

that this is another foreshadowing of the upcoming conference this fall. I also have a sneaking feeling that Bishop Steiner's comments were made with the knowledge and consent of Pope Francis.