Vatican: Sexually Active Gays Unwelcome

[Debi]

The Vatican says homosexuals who are sexually active or support "gay culture" are unwelcome in the priesthood unless they have overcome their homosexual tendencies for at least three years, according to a church document posted on the Internet by an Italian Catholic news agency.

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The document said that "the church, while deeply respecting the people in question, cannot admit to the seminary and the sacred orders those who practice homosexuality, present deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or support so-called gay culture."

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"If instead it is a case of homosexual tendencies that are merely the expression of a transitory problem, for example as in the case of an unfinished adolescence, they must however have been clearly overcome for at least three years before ordination as a deacon."

Vatican prohibitions on active homosexuals becoming priests are not new. A key 1961 Vatican document on selecting candidates for the priesthood made clear homosexuals should be barred.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_gays

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So much for the Catholic Church loving and respecting all people....

[IA_Seth]

1. But straight sex is ok??

What happened to chastity?

[Debi]

2. It's exactly what people feared if Ratz became Pope

We're headed back to the dark ages. (Except for the bastards that molested the little boys, they can stay).

Edited to add aditional info:

"In 2003, homosexuality was described as a "troubling moral and social phenomenon" in a document by the powerful Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, then headed by German Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who became Pope Benedict this year"


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051122/ap_on_re_eu/vatican_gays

[CatholicEdHead]

4. All part of the "Catholic Purity" movement in the Church

right now that is still in asendence. It is all about making the ceremonies and endless prayers perfet. It is a good "look over there" tactic for other problems.

[rurallib]

3. Kind of a head scratcher ain't it?

Sort of like 'we won't allow murderers, but since the Borgias used poison they're ok.'
Or like when we use white phosphorus it's not a chemical weapon, when Saddam uses WP it is a chemical weapon.