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Olde Tyme Religion
Pope Francis: There Is ‘No Room' for Homosexuality in Priesthood
2018-12-03
[Breitbart] It is a mistake to downplay the seriousness of homosexuality, Pope Francis said in an upcoming book, insisting that homosexuals have no place in the priesthood.
In the book, the pope recounts an interview he had with missionary Fernando Prado, who asked him whether homosexuality was a problem, suggesting that it is not a big deal for priests to be homosexual since it is "just an expression of an affection."

"That’s a mistake," Francis replied. "It’s not just an expression of an affection. In consecrated and priestly life, there’s no room for that kind of affection."

The pontiff reiterated Church teaching "that people with that kind of ingrained tendency should not be accepted into the ministry or consecrated life. The ministry or the consecrated life is not his place."

The pope’s words were his strongest to date on the problem with homosexuality in the priesthood and follows on serious allegations that the Church’s problems with sexual abuse are rooted in the presence of a "homosexual network" among clergy and bishops.

In a bombshell report last August, former papal nuncio Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò tied the abuse crisis in the Church as well as cover-ups by bishops to an extensive "homosexual network" in the Church.
Posted by:Besoeker

#8  parishes would revolt.

Protestant and Jewish congregations manage to pay their religiious staff enough to support families without fussing, Mullah Richard, as do Orthodox Christians. And Orthodox Christians, like the Catholics, fund priestly education, whereas Protestants and Jews pay their own way. It’s all a matter of expectations.
Posted by: trailing wife   2018-12-03 23:35  

#7  "... Pope Francis said in an upcoming book..."

since the book doesn't have a publication date or even apparently a title, basically this is just speculation
Posted by: lord garth   2018-12-03 18:15  

#6  AH9418, the enforced celibacy is (and has been) financial in nature, not so much the scriptural aspects. A Bishop once told me that we'd see women priests in the church long before married ones.

The parishes historically provide housing and transportation, plus a small salary for food and necessities. And the US 2017 maximum salaries for a RC priest ranged from $29,744 in the West region to $44,417 in the Midwest (don't know about the east coast or southern folks).

If you start adding the housing/food/other costs for spouses and children into the mix, the parishes would revolt.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-12-03 17:19  

#5  You know what's really hilarious? People still think that the Catholic Church has ever been anything but a criminal organization that has separated guilty rulers and obedient peasants from their cash. Every Attila needs his Witch Doctor, as Ayn Rand would say.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrack2366   2018-12-03 16:41  

#4  Some of the problem is the celibacy enforced on the RC priesthood. Most of the original apostles were married men, after all.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-12-03 13:40  

#3  He doesn't mention 'pedophilia', though.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2018-12-03 13:39  

#2  unlike the last 2000 years?
Posted by: Jumbo Angoluger8110   2018-12-03 13:12  

#1  Since there is 'no room' for sex in the Priesthood it should go without saying that homosexual sex would also be out. I'm glad he's finally looking at his own realm of responsibility but this shouldn't need to be said.
Posted by: Harry Guelph4423   2018-12-03 08:48  

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