Don Simone Bruno has no doubt about his position on love between homosexual couples. Priest, journalist and psychologist, he is at the bookstore with Are we still a family? Separated couples, de facto couples, extended families: new perspectives and yesterday, during the presentation of his book at BookPride in Milan, he had his say. “We cannot think that the homosexual person should be welcomed and loved only as a single person, incapable of forming meaningful relationships. Like the heterosexual, the homosexual falls in love, enters into a deep relationship with another person, forms satisfying bonds, dreams of a dignified coexistence capable of ensuring the feeling of mutual belonging, of concern for others, of valuing of his freedom. and his talents.”
“Homosexual orientation is not a choice”
In an interview with Corriere della Sera, today clarifies his thoughts on the LGBTQIA+ world. “While remaining faithful to the principles of Christian anthropology, we can no longer ignore the reality of homosexual couples. Listening to and understanding their desire to marry civilly helps us not to superficially label them as 'selfish' or 'immature', but to recognize that the tension towards stable, faithful and exclusive relationships is universal. he in a conversation with Giampiero Rossi. He wants to recall what biological and psychosocial studies establish: sexual orientation is not a choice. “Homosexual orientation – he comments – is one of the possible consequences of individual identity development. And so, if two people of the same sex build a good bond, before throwing around the labels of “you are in sin”, I think it is fair to seek and recognize the good and the beauty of this union between people.
Natural family, civil rights and Pope Francis
Don Bruno recognizes that for Christian anthropology, there is a “natural family”, which “draws inspiration from biblical wisdom”. At the same time, he understands that “today we need many more psychosocial tools to observe what is happening and what is around us. In fact, in the book I tried to describe the variety, fragmentation and plurality of family forms. Well, whether we like it or not, we have to deal with all of this. » As for the recognition of new civil rights, he is nevertheless cautious: “I suggest the wisdom which suggests taking one step at a time: let's listen to them first. But it is also true that in this area, it is the State which must do its duty. » In short, an open vision but which, in fact, conforms to the dictates of the Church. He himself declares: “There is still much to do, but the fundamental attitude is that which Pope Francis suggests to the universal Church: welcome, discern, integrate”.
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