The document On the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, also known by its opening words Homosexualitatis problema, was a pastoral letter authored by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) of the Roman Catholic Church addressed to the Bishops of the Catholic Church that was delivered in Rome on 1 October 1986 by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (later Pope Benedict XVI) and Archbishop Alberto Bovone. The letter gave instructions on how the clergy should deal with and respond to lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.
The Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, or Homosexualitatis problema, was a pastoral letter issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) of the Roman Catholic Church. It advised Catholic bishops on how clergy should handle and respond to lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals.