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Cardinal Willem Eijk preaches at a July 31 Mass to celebrate Cardinal Burke’s founding of the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, in 2008. (photo: Screenshot / Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe YouTube)
By Cardinal Willem Eijk, National Catholic Register, May 14, 2026
Cardinal Willem Eijk is the Archbishop of Utrecht, Holland. A former physician, he has served as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life since 2004. He is the author of the 2025 book, The Bond of Love: Catholic Teaching on Marriage and Sexual Ethics, published by Emmaus Academic.
By elevating such testimonies without doctrinal commentary, the report effectively normalizes homosexual relationships within a Church context.
The recently published report from Synod Study Group 9 represents a troubling departure from the Catholic Church’s consistent moral teaching. While the authors claim they lack “the expertise or, above all, the necessary ecclesiastical authorization” to address individual moral issues definitively, the report’s methodology and framework systematically undermine the Church’s ability to proclaim and apply her moral doctrine. This is not merely a technical deficiency — it is a fundamental contradiction of Catholic teaching that demands a forceful response. …
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