The Bishop of Mazara: "The de facto couples, even gay, are a reality"

Interview with The bishop Of mazara Del Vallo Domenico mogavero, edited by Paolo Rodari published on La Repubblica on 10 march 2014

«The Pope is tracing new roads of mercy and not condemning everyone. The doctrine of the Church will not change regarding the marriage between men and women, but will study new pastoral solutions relating to the new realities, as are the unions that are born out of the wedding.
Unfortunately, this perspective of embrace and not closure finds resistance inside the church, but also finds many bishops and lay people willing to run the risk of following him ».

Domenico Mogavero - bishop of Mazara del Vallo, and member of the episcopal commission for migrants - Cardinal Dolan says that the Pope does not want preventive convictions. What is the position of the Church on homosexual couples?

«Homosexuals are people like everyone else. Their condition is not a pathology. They are not sick to cure. The Church rightly defends the sacrament of marriage between man and woman but together, as the bishop of Parma Enrico Solmi also said who in the CEI deals with the family, it is necessary to discuss and confront, through the civil code, to the protection of the rights of all people as such. These rights must also be taken into consideration in the case of the relationship that an unmarried man and woman can weave ».

But what does the Pope ask the Church today?

«Mercy, love and not condemns. No crusade. Already Pope John XXIII asked to condemn the error but never the wandering. He was criticized inside the Church, as partially happens to Francesco today. But it is necessary to proceed without fear. There is a wounded humanity that asks for help and consideration.
The de facto couples, the couples even between homosexual people are a reality. The Church must not escape the fences and, fleeing both the extremism of those who want unconditional openings and the extremism of those who want only closures, seek new ways to bring the message of Jesus to everyone "