There are two fundamental, non-negotiable requirements:
1. The proper topic is homosexuality in the clergy, active or inactive, and the total elimination thereof.
2. Those investigating must be lay only - no clergy involved.
Ping.
Thank-you and God Bless.
I like the contents letter, and I’m familiar with the writings of the folks who signed it. They’re earnest young Catholics whose hearts are in the right place. With that said, they’re spitting in the wind here. The diabolical powers that be within the hierarchy (in the U.S. and in Rome) couldn’t care less about the opinions of a bunch of 20/30-something Catholic nerds out of Notre Dame and the Ivy League.
Sorry faithful young Catholics. Pope Who Am I to Judge wants the synod turned into praising all the gifts of LGBTQXYT and to make you understand he’s serious you get to hear his handpicked, opening the synod, keynote speaker, the notorious sodomite heretic “Father” James Martin, who will educate all if you on the wonders of anal sex and fisting. Enjoy the synod.
The key to this issue is and always has been the seminaries. Until the Church quits ordaining homosexuals, this problem will fester. The Dallas Charter and "zero tolerance" are simply after-the-fact window dressing and tinkering. It's already too late when "zero tolerance" is invoked.
Homosexuals must be excluded from the priesthood. The Church has said on more than one occasion that they are not to be ordained but this has been totally ignored. Until each diocese hangs out a sign that says homosexuals are not to present themselves for ordination and anyone who does will be turned away, this circus will go on.
Insipid letter written by self-indulgent whiners. Check out something more interesting: the comment underneath, by “Samton909.”