“The Church’s positions on homosexual relationships as sinful are wrong” – Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich calls for revision of Church teaching to accomodate homosexuals

Aprince of the Roman Catholic Church, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich has described as sinful the church’s position on homosexuals.

Speaking in an interview with KDA, a German Catholic news agency, Hollerich who is a strategic jesuit ally of the pope said the sociological and scientific foundation of the doctrine is no longer correct and as such should be revised to accomodate homosexuals.

He said: “The Church’s positions on homosexual relationships as sinful are wrong. I believe that the sociological and scientific foundation of this doctrine is no longer correct. It is time for a fundamental revision of Church teaching, and the way in which Pope Francis has spoken of homosexuality could lead to a change in doctrine.

“In our archdiocese, in Luxembourg, no one is fired for being homosexual, or divorced and remarried. I can’t toss them out – they would become unemployed, and how can such a thing be Christian? As for homosexual priests, there are many of these, and it would be good if they could talk about this with their bishop without his condemning them.”