Vatican document barring gays from priesthood stirs debate
On the heels of the newly issued Vatican document which bars men with deep-seated homosexual tendencies from the priesthood, comes this reaction from Catholic Analysis:Saturday, November 26, 2005
Homosexuality and the Ordained Priesthood
The next few weeks will see frenetic commentary on the new Vatican document barring those with "deep-seated" homosexual tendencies from ordination. The official release of the document is, reportedly, on Tuesday. Already, I saw one liberal Vatican columnist trying his best to grasp desperately at legalistic straws in order to minimize the authoritative nature of the document--a transparently failed effort by the columnist, as I think even he realizes. All of which raises this question: are Catholic liberals the real Pharisees today, ignoring weightier matters while focusing on the unimportant matters? If you have to spend your time always finding a way to discount Church teaching, why identify yourself as Catholic? Either you seek a fuller conversion, or you stop faking it. Stopping the fakery may actually be the first step to an eventual and surprising fuller conversion. It's like AA recommends: stop the denial as the first step.
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posted by Dr. Denice Hanley, DPM, M.Div. @ 6:03 PM
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