Incidentally, couples who use Natural Family Planning, the only means of spacing children allowed by the Church, have a divorce rate of about two percent. That's quite a bit better than that 50 percent nationwide mentioned above. Just another reason why the Church should not change its teaching. Regarding homosexuality, Pope John Paul II has issued a statement emphasizing that Catholics should treat homosexuals and all individuals with love and respect. However, homosexual acts remain a mortal sin.
Homosexual acts are wrong because they are sexual acts committed outside the bonds of matrimony.
The Church teaches that all acts of sexual intercourse committed outside of marriage are sins. This is a most basic teaching that cannot and should not be changed. The Church has recently restated that the priesthood is to be reserved for males. This is based on the fact that Jesus chose only male apostles. This is not to say that women are subservient members of the Church.