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      "url": "https://www.vatican.va/roman_curia/congregations/cfaith/documents/rc_con_cfaith_doc_20030731_homosexual-unions_en.html",
      "publisher": "Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith",
      "type": "doctrinal consideration",
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        "7",
        "11"
      ],
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        "marriage",
        "family",
        "homosexual persons",
        "same-sex unions",
        "adoption",
        "children",
        "common good"
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      "title": "Code of Canon Law",
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      "publisher": "The Holy See",
      "type": "canon law",
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        "Can. 17",
        "Can. 212",
        "Can. 747-755",
        "Can. 915",
        "Can. 1752"
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        "rights and duties of the faithful",
        "teaching function",
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        "salvation of souls"
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