US Embassy to Holy See flies Pride flag in Rome

The US’ diplomatic mission to the Holy See celebrated the beginning of Pride Month by hanging the satisfaction flag on the facade of its headquarters in Rome.

The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See is the nation’s physique of diplomatic representatives to the pope and Roman Curia, the governing school of the Catholic Church.

“In the course of the month of June, the [United States] celebrates Satisfaction Month,” the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See wrote in a social media put up Thursday. [The embassy] stands with the LBGTQI+ neighborhood in opposition to discrimination and different types of persecution due to who they’re and whom they love.”

The embassy included with the message a photograph of the flag hung outdoors its constructing in Rome, Italy, simply blocks from Vatican Metropolis.

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A satisfaction flag is hung outdoors america’ embassy to the Holy See in Rome. (U.S. Embassy to the Vatican)

In response to the teachings of the Catholic Church, the same-sex attraction itself isn’t a sin, and all human beings deserve dignity no matter race, creed, gender or sexual orientation.

Nevertheless, sodomy and different gay acts are thought-about a “grave depravity,” and the church maintains that “certainly not can they be permitted.”

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A view of St. Peter’s Sq. through the tenth World Assembly of Households closing Mass in Vatican Metropolis, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Photographs)

Fox Information Digital reached out to the State Department to ask whether or not the beliefs of the Catholic Church relating to sexuality had been thought-about earlier than deciding to fly the Satisfaction flag.

“America’s energy is present in its variety. America is stronger, at residence and world wide, when it’s inclusive,” a State Division spokesperson advised Fox Information Digital Friday.

“Recognizing that every nation context is completely different, U.S. embassies and consulates develop particular person plans to boost consciousness of violence, human rights abuses and discrimination focusing on LGBTQI+ individuals, together with acceptable exterior shows.”

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St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican. (Fox Information Photograph/Joshua Comins)

The State Division spokesperson didn’t elaborate on whether or not representatives of the Holy See had been consulted on the choice to fly the flag.

“Gay individuals are referred to as to chastity,” the Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC) states. “By the virtues of self-mastery that educate them internal freedom, at instances by the assist of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they’ll and will step by step and resolutely strategy Christian perfection.”

The CCC is the common abstract and clarification of Catholic instructing. It’s meant to be an authoritative reference level for established Catholic doctrine.

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Pope Francis leads his conventional Wednesday Normal Viewers at St. Peter’s Sq. in Vatican Metropolis.  (Stefano Costantino/SOPA Photographs/LightRocket by way of Getty Photographs)

The Holy See is the ecclesiastical and authorized time period for the jurisdiction of the pope because the supreme authority of the Catholic Church. It’s tied to — however distinct from — the papacy itself and the Catholic Church as a complete. 

The governance of the Holy See is overseen by each the pope and the Roman Curia.

In contrast, Vatican City is the identify of the sovereign territorial state situated inside Rome the place the pope lives and from which the Holy See relies.

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It’s the smallest internationally acknowledged nation on the planet.

Vatican Metropolis as a rustic doesn’t preserve diplomatic missions, however the Holy See has diplomatic relations with over 180 international locations world wide. It’s also a everlasting observer of the United Nations.

The U.S. has maintained diplomatic relations with the Holy See because the presidency of George Washington.