ASSISI, Italy (CNS) -- Deciding not to accept as candidates for the priesthood men with "deeply rooted homosexual tendencies" would not be an act of discrimination, said the general secretary of the Italian bishops' conference.Link.
The bishops, meeting in Assisi, approved new norms for seminary admittance and the formation of priests, including the rejection of mandatory psychological testing of candidates.
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"The concept of discrimination can be used in reference to a right, but a vocation is not a right; it is a gift. And this frames the question in a totally different way," said [Bishop Giuseppe Betori, conference general secretary].
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Friday, November 18, 2005
Barring homosexuals from priesthood not discrimination, say Italian bishops
The headline from the Bishops' own Catholic News Service was corrected to remove the word 'gay' and replace it with the appropriate word, "homosexual"...Seems someone at CNS needs a bit of an education.
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