Richmond, Va., Sep 13, 2016 / 15:56 pm
Soon after Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Kaine suggested the Catholic Church would change on same-sex marriage, the Bishop of Richmond has said Catholic teaching on marriage is constant.
"More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on marriage, and despite recent statements from the campaign trail, the Catholic Church's 2000-year-old teaching to the truth about what constitutes marriage remains unchanged and resolute," Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond said Sept. 13.
"As Catholics, we believe all humans warrant dignity and deserve love and respect, and unjust discrimination is always wrong," he said. "Our understanding of marriage, however, is a matter of justice and fidelity to our Creator's original design."
Bishop DiLorenzo's statement does not mention Kaine. The former U.S. Senator is a parishioner at St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in the Diocese of Richmond.