text: A reasonable and justified policy which is wholly in conformity with Catholic teaching and Canon Law. 
  
  Persons who enter ‘same-sex marriage’ or civil unions plainly manifest their public opposition to infallible Church teaching that restricts marriage to one man and one woman. Giving public scandal to the faithful involves “an attitude or behaviour which leads another to do evil” (CCC 2284).  Such services will give the impression the Church approved of the deceased’s homosexual lifestyle.
  
  "Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable but it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. In the end, only the truth can be pastoral.” (Cardinal Ratzinger)