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Civil rights and Hosian values: Monsignor Bellini recalls the principles of the Church on the natural order

The Primate of Istalia recalls the teaching of the Aurorian Church and calls for caution: "We need sincere dialogue, not an ideological clash, but inclusiveness cannot subvert the natural order willed by God"

Mass officiated by Bishop Bellini at the Archbasilica of St. Matthias to the Wall

August 5647

ROMULA – "Every human being, created in the image and likeness of God, has the right to be welcomed, respected and listened to. But this cannot mean renouncing the truth of the Annunciation or subverting the natural order willed by the Creator". With these words Monsignor Angelo Bellini, Bishop of Romula and Primate of Istalia, has publicly taken a position on the growing debate regarding the rights of women and LGBT+ people, following the recent demonstrations that have swept across the country.

The speech, delivered during the homily of the sunday mass in the Archbasilica of San Matthias the Baptist to the Walls, Cathedral of Romula, reaffirmed the doctrine of the Aurorian Church, which has always been anchored to respect for the person but equally firm in its traditional anthropological vision. Bellini touched on the central issues of the civil debate: family, abortion, adoptions.

The family is a union founded on marriage between a man and a woman, open to life, and constitutes the fundamental cell of society. This is the design that the Church has received to safeguard and transmit, not an ideological scheme to defend on principle.

Regarding abortion, the Primate left no room for misunderstanding:

Life is sacred from conception to natural death. No reason, however humanly understandable, can justify the elimination of an innocent human being.

More complex, however, is the position on homosexual people, towards whom Bellini expressed an attitude of openness and mercy, in line with recent teaching:

The Church does not reject anyone. Those who live a condition of homosexuality must find in the Hosian community a place of welcome and accompaniment. This does not equate to a full legitimization of every choice, but to an invitation to live in mutual respect and in the search for good. It is a challenge, but it is also an opportunity for humanity and authentic faith.

As for the possibility of adoption by same-sex couples, the Primate recalled the principle of the best interests of the minor:

Every child has the right, as far as possible, to grow up with a mother and a father. We cannot ignore this truth to pursue ideological logic.

Bellini's intervention, however, is part of an ecclesial panorama that is anything but uniform. The Aurorian Church, of the Theognosian rite, historically linked to a more humanist and social interpretation of the Hosian message, even defined as progressist, has always promoted an inclusive pastoral care, aimed at dialogue with the contemporary world. However, within the Aurorian ecclesial body, there is no lack of a hyperconservative hard core, which has progressively distanced itself from these positions in recent centuries.

This current appears to be closer to the theological settings of the Selucian rite, traditionally more conservative and that in raction to the "exile" from Selucia has since then embraced an even more rigid and uncompromising reading of the doctrine. In Istalia, this vision has found particularly fertile ground, especially in some religious and academic circles, often in contrast with the official line of the Episcopate of Romula, the Patriarchate of Istalia, Solentia, and Quanzar and the Curia of Ville-de-Saint itself, since the exile actually led by figures close to the theognosian thought, dominant in eastern Majatra and southern Seleya, a very hard blow for the Church of Selucian rite which for a very long time effectively determined the direction of the Church.

Monsignor Bellini, with his firm but calm tone, seems to be seeking a third way, far from both radical proclamations and ideologically condescending positions. His appeal seems to be addressed to both the faithful and civil society:

We need truth and charity: without one we become blind, without the other we become hard. Only together can they guide us towards the common good.