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Pope bans homosexuals from ordination as priests
WorldNetDaily ^ | September 19, 2005

Posted on 09/19/2005 4:11:33 PM PDT by scripter

Pope Benedict XVI has given his approval to a new Vatican policy document indicating that men with homosexual tendencies should not be ordained as Catholic priests, reports Catholic World News.

The policy statement is a direct result of the pope's concern about the pedophilia scandal in the church – especially in the U.S.

The new document, prepared by the Congregation for Catholic Education in response to a request made by the late Pope John Paul II in 1994, will be published soon. It will take the form of an "Instruction," signed by the prefect and secretary of the congregation: Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski and Archbishop Michael Miller, according to the report.

The report was first referenced on Joseph Farah's nationally syndicated radio program last week by Raymond Arroyo, author of the new book "Mother Angelica: The Remarkable Story of a Nun, Her Nerve and a Network of Miracles." Arroyo has covered the papacy more than any other journalist

The text, approved by Benedict at the end of August, says that homosexual men should not be admitted to seminaries even if they are celibate, because their condition suggests a serious personality disorder that detracts from their ability to serve as ministers, says the CWN report.

Priests who have already been ordained, if they suffer from homosexual impulses, are strongly urged to renew their dedication to chastity and a manner of life appropriate to the priesthood.

The "Instruction" does not represent a change in church teaching or policy, according to the Vatican.

Catholic leaders have consistently taught that homosexual men should not be ordained to the priesthood. Pope John XXIII approved a formal policy to that effect, which still remains in effect. However, during the 1970s and 1980s, that policy was widely ignored, particularly in North America.

The Congregation for Catholic Education prepared the "Instruction" after soliciting advice from all of the world's bishops, from psychologists and from moral theologians. A draft was then circulated among the Vatican dicasteries concerned with the issue, notably including the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The pending release of the "Instruction," in the face of certain criticism from liberal forces in America and Western Europe, demonstrates the determination of the Vatican to improve the quality of priestly ministry and to protect the church from some of the scandals that have recently shaken the Catholic community – and no doubt deterred many men from entering priestly training.

Informed sources in Rome indicate that the "Instruction" probably will be made public after the Synod of Bishops, which meets in Rome Oct. 2 through 23.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cnim; gay; homosexual; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; popebenedict; vatican
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To: scripter
. . . that policy was widely ignored, particularly in North America.

There was a lot of that going around.

21 posted on 09/19/2005 4:18:55 PM PDT by SmithL (There are a lot of people that hate Bush more than they hate terrorists)
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To: scripter
Just saw that somebody pinged me here: POPE APPROVES BARRING GAY SEMINARIANS
22 posted on 09/19/2005 4:19:02 PM PDT by scripter (Let temporal things serve your use, but the eternal be the object of your desire.)
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To: scripter
"Pope Benedict XVI has given his approval to a new Vatican policy document indicating that men with homosexual tendencies should not be ordained as Catholic priests, reports Catholic World News."

So is he also going to expel the thousands that have already been ordained?

23 posted on 09/19/2005 4:19:25 PM PDT by TommyDale
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To: Steven W.
now if he'd only establish policies eliminating their satanic rituals & other practices

Doesn't look like the pope to me. What satanic rituals does he perform?

Reading Harry Potter?

24 posted on 09/19/2005 4:20:41 PM PDT by peyton randolph (Warning! It is illegal to fatwah a camel in all 50 states)
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To: scripter

Now this is progress.


25 posted on 09/19/2005 4:23:04 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past ("Let the wicked man forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord" Is 55:7)
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To: scripter

Good start. Now to go back and find the hetero's who were hounded out of the seminaries over the years.


26 posted on 09/19/2005 4:23:41 PM PDT by keithtoo (Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)
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To: William Creel

"AMEN! No more pedophilia!"

Uh, dude...

While there is some overlap, pedophiles are not the same group as gays. One can have pedophiles who go for kids of the same sex, and ones that go for the opposite sex. Pedophiles may be men or women.


27 posted on 09/19/2005 4:24:34 PM PDT by TWohlford
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To: scripter

I seem to remember Pope Pius XII having done the same thing. So which bishops keep ordaining these faggots?


28 posted on 09/19/2005 4:24:37 PM PDT by Lunkhead_01
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To: scripter
The Catholic Church allowed gays to become priests back in the liberal 1970's and paid a devastating price 20-30 years later. Well that era is all over.

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God's Rottweiler (Pope Benedict 6th) did exactly what was needed.


29 posted on 09/19/2005 4:26:17 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: bubman

you were correct most are not.


30 posted on 09/19/2005 4:26:57 PM PDT by bigsigh
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To: Lunkhead_01

see 29


31 posted on 09/19/2005 4:27:18 PM PDT by FormerACLUmember
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To: scripter

This doesn't make much sense to me. Priests take a vow of chastity/abstenance. So it doesn't really matter which sex he is sexually attracted to, it's supposed to be hands-off.


32 posted on 09/19/2005 4:28:51 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: William Creel

Maybe no pedophilia involving boys (which has been what made all the news). You'll still have to lock up your girls, AND keep an eye on your sisters, wives, and mothers.

My brother is married to an Irish girl and lives in Ireland. She and her family can't believe how far the pedophilia scandal in the US. She said everyone KNOWS not to leave your kids alone with the priest, especially for overnight visits.


33 posted on 09/19/2005 4:32:45 PM PDT by libsl (I'm just sayin'....)
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To: Lorianne
This doesn't make much sense to me. Priests take a vow of chastity/abstenance. So it doesn't really matter which sex he is sexually attracted to, it's supposed to be hands-off.

1) what part of "intrinsically disordered" don't you understand?

2) Priests live (or should live) in community with other men. Such a situation would constitute an occasion of grave sin for those afflicted with the intrinsic disorder of homosexual attraction.

34 posted on 09/19/2005 4:32:48 PM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilisation is aborting, buggering, and contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: TWohlford

Uh, dude...

80% of the sexual abuse cases were priests abusing teen-age boys...


35 posted on 09/19/2005 4:33:15 PM PDT by CatQuilt (GLSEN is evil)
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To: Lorianne

You must have missed the part where he said that homosexuality is a serious personality disorder which would interfere with their ability to be priests.


36 posted on 09/19/2005 4:33:24 PM PDT by SVTCobra03 (You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
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To: scripter
Pope Benedict XVI has given his approval to a new Vatican policy document indicating that men with homosexual tendencies should not be ordained as Catholic priests, reports Catholic World News.

Well I'm no Catholic. But even so, this old boy continues to improve his ranking on the list of people I respect.

Kudos Benedict !!

37 posted on 09/19/2005 4:33:42 PM PDT by Freebird Forever (A thousand Bravehearts are better than one)
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To: keithtoo
Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)

You must be a horticulturist.

38 posted on 09/19/2005 4:34:52 PM PDT by jigsaw (God Bless Our Troops.)
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To: scripter

Has this been reported anywhere other than WND?


39 posted on 09/19/2005 4:35:18 PM PDT by Stone Mountain
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To: TommyDale
So is he also going to expel the thousands that have already been ordained?

Good question. But at least this is a step int he right direction.

40 posted on 09/19/2005 4:35:22 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past ("Let the wicked man forsake his way and the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord" Is 55:7)
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