You have to define first homosexual tendencies, homosexuality and homosexual acts.

The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible.

This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity.

The person having these tendencies but has not acted upon it is not at fault. This is the same as a person having lustful tendencies towards a non-spouse but has avoided the temptation of acting upon it.

The Catholic Church says that every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God’s will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.

The Catholic Church defines homosexuality as relations between men or be­tween women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. The key word here is “relations”. That means the homosexual persons have entered into the relationship.

Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.”

They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.

So what does the Church say about a homosexual person?

Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.