My boyfriend is Catholic. Really need some insight/advice.

Hello-This might be long, so I apologize. I need some insight, and advice on my relationship.I’m 23, work full time and am financially independent. He just turned 22. At the beginning of April, I met my best friend, buddy, soul mate, boyfriend. This Friday will actually be three months exactly since we first met in person. When we met, there was an instant connection. I describe it as spiritual almost. Things moved fast. Our first date lasted almost 48hrs, with him staying over at my house. Since then we have spent at least one or two days together every week. He’s amazing with my mom (whom I live with), and she really likes him. Every time I’m with him, I learn something new about him and fall more in love with him.We have never had sex. A lot of you are probably surprised by this, and this would be an automatic “nope”. As to the reasons why we haven’t had sex...For me, it’s because I really just am not that interested in sex. I went through one slutty phase in my entire life last year which lasted for about 5 months. Otherwise, I’m almost to the point of being a homoromantic asexual.But for him, it’s because of religion. And that, is where things get to be a little problematic. Let me give you a little of his background:He is a cradle Catholic, and his faith and the church has played a very prominent role in his life. He attends a very small Catholic university near me, he’ll be graduating in two months and is originally from Colorado.He shares with me the material and some of the lectures in his classes, a couple which include “Catholic Social Teaching” and “Philosophy of Man”. As you can imagine, these are all completely biased classes. The scary thing is, he actually believes that gay marriage is wrong, and that gay adoption is unnatural and harmful.He figured out he was gay when he was 15, and has had several hook ups, but after each one he went to confession. After moving here for school and turning 21, he told me about how he frequented gay bars in our “gay town” by himself to try and make friends.Despite all this, which clearly indicates he’s gay, he essentially refuses to call himself gay. Fine. I’m not into labels either, and what really matters is what’s in our hearts right?But what’s in his heart, seems to be the Catholic belief that his homosexuality is in fact a disorder and he has essentially chosen chastity. Again, fine. Sex is such an insignificant part of a relationship for me anyways (yes, I’m the minority I know). But if you’re familiar with Catholicism, it calls on gays to also be celibate.I know many of you would have ran away at the first mention of him being Catholic, and he even told me he expected me to. But I love this man so much, and am trying so hard. But as I’ve been thinking more about this the last week or so, I’ve realized that I have to remember to respect myself. I’m patient, but I can't sacrifice my dignity.I’d be one of the last guys to attend a pride event, but that doesn’t mean I’m ashamed of my identity. And I’m certainly not ashamed to hold his hand or kiss him in public like any other couple in the world would do. I’m proud of him. And he knows that I consider him to be my boyfriend, and that I wish for a loving, lasting relationship. But I know it’s incompatible with his beliefs, which essentially say not only can he never have sex, but he can also never even have a romantic relationship. Which is why he emphasizes me as a “friend”. He has never called me his boyfriend. Even though we talked, and both agreed we are exclusive and everything about our relationship indicates “boyfriend”.He told me one night as we were cuddling, that he’s proud of me and shouldn’t be ashamed of me. But he clearly is, and probably sees me as a sin.And undoubtedly someday his parents will wonder about a girl. And what will he do? Seek one to satisfy them? Or be true to himself?I don’t want to be his dirty secret my entire life. I want to get married, at the state level at least. And I’d love to be a father some day. But if he sees all these as immoral, or as a sin, I know it’s not possible.I’m not a very religious person, though a still believe in “a God”. I’m of the belief that one can be gay, and still love God and be faithful. I know how important the church’s beliefs are to him, but I quite frankly don’t care at all what the church says or thinks. It’s none of their business. All that matters is what’s between me and God, not men.He isn't out to his family, mainly for financial support reasons. But he also isn't out to any of his friends, which is probably the bigger issue. He's scared of losing his friends, and being excommunicated since most of them are also very Catholic. Will he come to terms and stop hiding after he graduates and enters the real world? I don't know, but I hope. I'd love to be able to hang out with each other's friends without hiding.So, that was that. If you read this entire thing, thank you. I don’t know how to talk to him about this without sparking a huge wildfire and potentially losing him.