Swiss Bishops’ “Pastoral Care” Embraces Modernist Spirit and Rejects Catholic Doctrine on Sin and Conversion
The National Catholic Register portal reports (May 29, 2026) that the Swiss Bishops’ Conference has endorsed a national legal ban on so-called “conversion measures” aimed at people who identify as LGBT, warning that such practices can become “spiritual abuse” in God’s name. The bishops insist that “legitimate pastoral care, counseling, and psychotherapy” be expressly shielded from any prohibition. They define “conversion measures” as targeted influence intended to change or suppress sexual orientation or “gender identity” through means such as pressure, blame, threats, isolation, devaluation, or religious fear. The bishops ground their position in the teaching of “Pope” Leo XIV, citing his 2025 inauguration homily about offering “God’s love to everyone” to achieve unity that “cancels out differences but values the personal history of each person.” While citing the Catechism’s teaching that homosexual acts are “intrinsically disordered,” the bishops’ statement represents a capitulation to modernist anthropology that redefines the very nature of sin, conversion, and pastoral care in a manner incompatible with the integral Catholic faith.



