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Wednesday October 9, 2002
VATICAN SOURCES SAY DOCUMENT COMING BARRING HOMOSEXUALLY INCLINED FROM SEMINARY
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VATICAN, October 9, 2002 (LSN.ca) - The Vatican has prepared a draft document of directives or norms, to be used throughout the universal church, barring admission of homosexually inclined men to the seminary and thus priesthood, Vatican sources told the Catholic News Service (CNS).
CNS, the official news service of the U.S. Catholic Bishops Conference, quotes an unnamed "informed Vatican source" as saying: "The document's position [on admission of homosexuals to the priesthood] is negative, based in part on what the 'Catechism of the Catholic Church' says in its revised edition, that the homosexual orientation is 'objectively disordered.' Therefore, independent of any judgment on the homosexual person, a person of this orientation should not be admitted to the seminary and, if it is discovered later, should not be ordained."
The sources indicated that the draft was prepared by the Congregation for Catholic Education in collaboration with the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and other Vatican agencies. However, while the draft was being circulated for comment in October among a wide range of consultants, including theologians, canon lawyers and other experts, they said its date of release is uncertain.
See the CNS coverage:
http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/20021008.htm
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