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" Although the particular inclination of the homosexual person is not a sin, it is more or less strong tendency ordered to an intrinsic moral evil, and thus the inclination itself must be seen as an objective disorder. "

Pope Benedict XVI

Strong

Sin

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Relationship

Live

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Dominant

God

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