While some bishops there condemn homosexual practice, for example, others most decidedly do not.
Ramirez also called homosexual practices "abnormal" and said they should be outlawed.
Still, most European countries' legal codes retained severe penalties for homosexual practices.
It is our understanding that homosexual practices are illegal.
The sinfulness or acceptability of homosexual practice may be destined to continue unreconciled.
The letter argued that it was important to prevent the funding and promotion of educational material overtly promoting homosexual practice in schools.
It reflects a profound change from a prior blanket prohibition on male homosexual practices.
In some countries, male homosexual practices are still illegal.
In their more recent public statements on sexual issues, they have tended to emphasize the church's opposition to abortion and homosexual practice.
The third point relates to homosexual practices between men.