Gay people have “gifts and qualities to offer to the Christian community,” according to a Vatican report released Monday that stunned both LGBT advocates and traditional marriage proponents with its “welcoming” language.

The report, a midterm summary of this month’s Extraordinary Synod of Bishops, stopped short of calling same-sex unions equal to the marriage between a man and a woman, but said these same-sex couples pose important questions for the church’s future.

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