Pope Francis' Closing Homily | National Catholic Reporter by MSW. MGB: Francis finally hit the man-woman theme, although I have to say, gay couples have the same miracles of love, and sometimes even greater due to the challenges they face from society. That marriage is between two people with the priest as a witness applies as much to gays as people receiving the sacrament in Church. That functionality rather than fecundity is equal for both arrangements should not be lost on anyone. The problem is, people are afraid of gay sex and think God the Ogre will punish them for accepting it, even though being gay is a product of epigenesis, not of choice, while sex is one of those little miracles that is a gift from God. The aversion straights is simply part of being straight - but with God's help, we can get beyond the bigotry and see Him working through gay couples.
It is good that the Synod will discuss the new changes making the process easier, but those are essentially done. What happens next at the Synod is everyone's guess. Probably nothing on gays, but that will come soon enough as Catholic families demand it (and gay priests provide it). The Church will change, the final outcome is not in doubt. It actually always, sometimes for the good, sometimes not (for example, the informer networks of St. Pius X and silly condemnation on modernism - which always wins, by the way, because it is open for truth and the moving of the Spirit).
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