By Mileika Lasso

Given the discussions that are taking place on the equal union, the Catholic Church in Panama reiterated this Sunday in the figure of Rafael Valdivieso Miranda, president of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP) that "he is not opposed to these couples having a regulation legal in matters of inheritance, taxes, joint properties. However, that does not imply that it is to be considered or called 'exactly marriage' according to the traditional concept ".

Valdivieso Miranda, who also chairs the Council of Family and Life of the CEP, indicated that "evidently, the Church relies on Biblical Revelation, which holds that God created man and woman; it also relies on the anthropological reality of sexuality and the concept of marriage. It is not merely a religious issue, because there are non-believers who accept this position from the psychological and anthropological point of view. "

He clarified that "the Church defends marriage between men and women. That is why it asks that it not be equated in any way with the equal union of people of the same sex, so that the family is not undermined. We have been saying this over and over again. ".

The priest who exercises his episcopal ministry in the Diocese of Chitré, Herrera province, said that "we welcome and accompany not only people with these same-sex preferences, but also everyone, especially those most in need of protection and protection. ". He added that "the Church, as is known, embraces and receives everyone, in any circumstance, in any condition, equal to people with those preferences." Pope Francis has already said "To distinguish is not to discriminate", he declared.

In addition, the priest stressed that "it is not acceptable for an international body or a specific group of citizens to want to impose on a country the way of understanding marriage and the family." Read more via La Estrella