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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: (Yes, We Have) An Emergency in the Church – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Bishop Joseph E. Strickland: (Yes, We Have) An Emergency in the Church

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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland

By Bishop Joseph E. Strickland, Pillars of Faith, May 5, 2026

The recent report issued by Study Group 9 of the Synod on Synodality is deeply alarming and stands in direct contradiction to the constant teaching of the Catholic Church regarding human sexuality, sin, marriage, and the moral law.

The Church cannot change what God Himself has revealed.

Sacred Scripture speaks clearly regarding the sin of sodomy and homosexual acts. St. Paul writes in Romans 1 that such acts are “against nature,” and the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches plainly that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered” and “contrary to the natural law” (CCC 2357). This teaching does not come from prejudice, politics, or cultural custom. It comes from Divine Revelation, Sacred Tradition, and the perennial teaching authority of the Church.

To suggest that the sin does not consist in the same-sex relationship itself is not merely confusing language. It is a direct assault upon Catholic moral doctrine and upon the words of Scripture itself. …