Official Statements

OFFICIAL STATEMENT ON THE ORDINATION OF WOMEN

The ALCC does not have and never has had any female clergy. To learn why, read these documents:

Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (Pope John Paul II, 1994)
http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_22051994_ordinatio-sacerdotalis_en.html

Responsum ad Dubium Concerning the Teaching Contained in
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis (Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1995)
http://www.cin.org/cdfrad.html
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT AGAINST THE ORDINATION OF
NON-CELIBATE HOMOSEXUALS

The Anglo-Lutheran Catholic Church (ALCC) does not permit the ordination of non-celibate homosexuals or men who advocate for the so-called “gay culture.” To learn why, read the following document:

Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders
(Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski, 2005)

http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/ccatheduc/documents/rc_con_ccatheduc_doc_20051104_istruzione_en.html
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OFFICIAL STATEMENT AGAINST “SAME-SEX MARRIAGE”

The ALCC does not permit so-called “same-sex marriage.” To learn why, read the following documents:

Catechism of the Catholic Church (Edito Typica) Part 3, Section 2, Article 6-II, paragraphs #2357-2358
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P85.HTM

Some Considerations Concerning the Response to Legislative Proposals on Non-discrimination of Homosexual Persons
(Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1992)
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html

Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons
(Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, 1986)
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19861001_homosexual-persons_en.html

Declaration Persona Humana
(Franjo Cardinal Seper, 1975)
http://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_19751229_persona-humana_en.html