Copts Halt Ecumenical Talks Over Rome’s ‘Change of Position’ on Homosexuality

In a video released on Friday, Coptic Orthodox spokesman Father Moussa Ibrahim said “the most notable” of nine decrees emanating from the church’s annual Holy Synod which took place last week in Wadi El-Natrun in Egypt was “to suspend theological dialogue with the Catholic Church after its change of position on the issue of homosexuality.”

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The video message followed the conclusion of the Holy Synod the day before and an accompanying statement in which Coptic Orthodox leaders had said they were suspending dialogue with Rome. 

“After consulting with the sister churches of the Eastern Orthodox family,” they wrote, “it was decided to suspend the theological dialogue with the Catholic Church, reevaluate the results achieved by the dialogue from its beginning twenty years ago, and establish new standards and mechanisms for the dialogue to proceed in the future."

Ed Morrissey

The Vatican insists that they haven't changed the church's position on same-sex relations, but increasingly, that's only true doctrinally. In practice, under pressure from Western bishops and Francis himself, they are varying significantly from that doctrine -- and the Copts have noticed. 

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