Courage International Defends Chastity Ministry Against Vatican Synodal “Calumny”
EWTN News reports that Courage International, a U.S.-based ministry for persons experiencing same-sex attraction, has denounced a Vatican synodal report as “false and unjust,” accusing the Holy See’s General Secretariat of the Synod of “calumny” against the 45-year-old apostolate. The synodal annex included testimony from a man in a civil “same-sex marriage” who described Courage meetings as “secretive and hidden” and its participants as “lonely, hopeless, and depressed.” Courage responded by insisting its meetings are merely “confidential and secure,” denied engaging in “reparative therapy,” and expressed sadness at receiving such criticism from within Vatican structures rather than from secular outlets. This episode exposes the deep theological confusion within the conciliar sect regarding the nature of sin, the virtue of chastity, and the mission of the Church — and Courage’s own defense, while factually accurate in parts, remains trapped within the very modernist framework that enabled this attack.

