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A statement by Rev. Troy Perry
on the elevation of Cardinal
Ratzinger to the Papacy of the
Roman Catholic Church
In 1987, Rev. Elder Nancy Wilson, then
vice-moderator of Metropolitan Community
Churches, and i met Cardinal Ratzinger at
the Bilateral Dialogue held during Pope John
Paul ll’s visit to Columbia, S.C.
At that time, we
were filled with hope
that the relatively new
Pope John Paul II
would usher in a new
era of openness for
God’s gay, ’ lesbian,
bisexual and transgen
der children. That did
not happen.
In recent days, we
held out hope that the
selection of a new Pope
would now bring
greater openness and
acceptance to the
Roman Catholic Church. With [the recent]
election, that did not happen.
In fact, over the past three Rev. Troy Perry
decades. Cardinal Ratzinger
has served as the author of many of the
Roman Catholic Church’s policies that
embody overt hostility to LGBT people and
preclude women from full participation in
Pope Benedict XVI
m
the life of the Church.
We share a deep sadness that one of
the world’s most homophobic religious
leaders has been elevated to the papacy,
and regret that his policies will continue to
devalue the rich spiritual gifts of LGBT
people and women of faith.
My faith teaches that all people can
change, so my prayers today are that
the eyes of Cardinal Ratzinger — now
Pope Benedict XVI — will be opened
to the unique giftedness and blessing
that LGBT people
can be to the
Church. And my
prayers today are
with my brothers
and sisters in the
Roman Catholic
Church, and those
whose lives will be
harmed by church
policies that treat
LGBT people with
less than uncondi
tional acceptance and dignity.
— The Reverend Dr. Ttoy D. Perry,
Moderator
Metropolitan Community Churches
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