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To: showme_the_Glory

I am not Roman Catholic, but my understanding is celibacy of priests and nuns etc would not be merely heterosexual celibacy.


10 posted on 06/11/2013 11:49:44 AM PDT by JLS
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To: JLS

Celibacy is a state of not being married. Since homosexuals CAN’T be married, then it assumes that celibacy applies only to heterosexuals. Chastity, on the other hand, is a state of sexual abstinence ....NO SEX outside of marriage. ALL Christians are called to chastity. Priests in the Roman Rite are celibate and therefore should practice continence.

Homosexuality should NOT exist in the priesthood according to the 1961 directives. Pope John XXIII outlined church policy. “Advancement to religious vows and ordination should be barred to those who are afflicted with evil tendencies to homosexuality or pederasty, since for them the common life and the priestly ministry would constitute serious dangers.”


15 posted on 06/11/2013 12:01:57 PM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: JLS
I am not Roman Catholic, but my understanding is celibacy of priests and nuns etc would not be merely heterosexual celibacy.

I'm not either but in my mind, celibacy means no sex, with anything.

16 posted on 06/11/2013 12:03:36 PM PDT by showme_the_Glory (ILLEGAL: prohibited by law. ALIEN: Owing political allegiance to another country or government)
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To: JLS

Celibacy has nothing to do with this. It’s the homosexual influence.


49 posted on 06/11/2013 9:50:06 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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