"French bishops spokesman calls homosexual relationships ‘something of God’"

lifesitenews.com "The secretary general of the French bishops conference says he believes that in every loving human relationship, including those between homosexuals, 'something of God' is 'speaking'... Surely this long and rather confusing answer can be read in different ways, but Msgr. Ribadeau-Dumas made himself clearer toward the end of his talk, explaining that thanks to the debate about same-sex 'marriage' in France between 2013 and 2015, attitudes toward homosexuals in church have changed. 'From an evil came a good,' he said. He added that he hoped that soon homosexual persons would be accepted in parishes, not in particular groups but just as ordinary parishioners joining in all the normal parish activities. 'I remember two friends whom I love very much, two men who are married and who have a little girl and who said to me: ‘We went to the feast of St. Valentine at the parish and we got thrown out.’ I told them: ‘Yeah, you’re nice guys, aren’t you, but maybe you should've told the priest, do you think we can go to St. Valentines,’' Msgr. Ribadeau-Dumas said. 'I understand that you can have been hurt, but I also know that there is a time for everything, as the Ecclesiastes puts it. 'Things are moving forward, we just have to give them time. I understand how impatient you are, but let's give them time. It's reassuring after all that progress has been made and that there will be other steps forward. In the heart of the Church be love, to love her, and from within, help her to move forward towards that love, that recognition, that love.' Msgr. Ribadeau-Dumas used the expression, 'In the heart of the Church, be love,' several times in his talk. It is a direct quote from the writings of St. Teresa of the Child Jesus, who defined her religious vocation with those words. The spokesman of the French bishops conference also had things to say about sin. In a questionable formulation, he proclaimed, 'Nothing will be able to separate us from the love of God manifested in Jesus Christ. That is something you have to hold onto, my friends. Nothing can separate us. Not even sin! Not even sin because sin is made to be forgiven!' While it is true that God in His mercy can forgive even the worst of sins, provided we repent and ask forgiveness, sin in itself does precisely this: mortal sin separates man from God's grace."