"Change comes about very slowly but inevitably," said Gramick, whose interview has been released to members of We Are Church Ireland. She noted that blessings of same-sex unions are already happening in places like Germany and Switzerland and even in the U.S., although she said it was not done publicly in the latter, and she underlined that the church's teaching in some areas had changed over time and said that sacramental theologians are looking at the issue of marriage for same-sex couples.
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Speaking in Dublin to Ursula Halligan, a former TV news correspondent with Virgin Media Ireland, and now a spokesperson for the lay reform group, We Are Church Ireland, Gramick said those who believe the church will change must speak out and explain to others why the current teaching is wrong. "I don't know if I'll be alive to see it, but I know it will change," Gramick, who turns 80 in August, said. Robert Nugent to advocate for the equality of LGBT people in the church, also predicted that the current teaching on homosexuality will change. Jeannine Gramick, who co-founded the group New Ways Ministry in 1971 with Salvatorian Fr.
One of the pioneers in ministry to gay and lesbian people in the Catholic Church has said she believes the institution will one day offer sacramental marriage to same-sex couples.