Your message affirms our love for our children. For parents who continue to struggle with this knowledge of their child, your words reflect God s all-embracing, unconditional love. . . . With this document, pastoral ministers will be more ready and able to respond compassionately to parents who are struggling. Tracey, a gay Catholic, elaborated. This gives parents a way to reconcile faith with the children they love.
Many parents feel alienated from their gay children.
There are many people who will welcome this statement. It s an enormous step. After I came out, I did not attend church for a very long time because it felt so out of step with what I thought of myself. I felt I couldn t be there in good faith, so to speak. I didn t feel welcome.