Vatican finally releases gay document
November 29, 2005
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Vatican document which has
sparked controversy because it restricts homosexuals from
entering the Catholic priesthood was finally released on
Tuesday after being widely leaked.
The short document, which takes a strict line on the place
of gays in the clergy, has already been praised by
conservatives and condemned by liberals, setting off heated
debate well beyond the Roman Catholic Church.
Confronting an issue that has divided the faithful
worldwide, it says practising homosexuals should be barred from
entering the priesthood along with men with deep-seated gay
tendencies and those who support gay culture.
Source: reuters
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Social Issues, Religion Belief, Christianity, Catholic Church, Homosexuality and Catholicism, Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies in view of their Admission to the Seminary and to Holy Orders, Homosexuality and Roman Catholic priests