Proof of Fr. James Martin’s Rejection of Church Teaching, by Christine Niles

By Christine Niles, Blogs at Stella Maris Media, September 2, 2025

The Catechism states on homosexuality:

“Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.” (2357)

It goes on to state:

“Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.” (2359)

Canon 751 defines heresy as “the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt” of certain truths. One respected canonist argues that, through Fr. James Martin’s words and actions, he appears to have met the threshold for Canon 751.

The following are some of the more egregious examples of Fr. Martin’s attempts to normalize homosexuality:

-Fr. Martin routinely normalizes same-sex marriage

In 2023, Fr. Martin tweeted, “Pete Buttigieg is married” — referring to the openly gay former Transportation Secretary, who is in a same-sex marriage with adopted twin boys. …