The draft text also asserted that “same-sex sexuality – also expressed in sexual acts – is … not a sin that causes separation from God, and it is not to be judged as intrinsically bad.”Īfter the vote, delegates spoke from the floor for more than two hours about the decision, with many participants expressing their frustration with the bishops' votes. It said it is “urgently necessary to overcome some of the restrictions in questions of sexuality, for reasons of sexual science as well as theology.” The text argued that “it will not be possible to reorient pastoral care without re-defining the emphasis of the Church’s sexual teaching to a significant degree.” Sixty-one percent of voting German bishops were in favor of the resolution, according to initial German media reports 33 bishops voted for the motion, 3 abstained, and 21 bishops voted no, enough to stop the resolution's passage.

More than two-thirds of participants in the synodal way process voted to adopt a 30-page document entitled “Life in succeeding relationships – The principles of renewed sexual ethics.”īut the resolution did not gain two-thirds of the synodal way’s bishop participants, a requirement for the passage of any resolution. The resolution failed to gain enough support from bishops at a synodal meeting held this week in Frankfurt.

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