Vatikanet har nylig gjentatt at homofile ikke kan bli prester
For noen dager siden bekrefta Vatikanet at en bestemmelse fra november 2005, om at tidligere aktive homfile og andre med en dyptliggende homofil legning, ikke kunne få lov til å bli presteviet eller begynne på presteseminar. En del biskoper har nok tatt ganske lett på denne bestemmelsen, og flere har visst spurt om det gjelder alle typer presteseminar, og de fikk følgende tydelige svar:
The Vatican has affirmed that a policy barring homosexuals from admission to seminaries applies to all Catholic dioceses and religious orders.
In a brief letter to the world’s bishops, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican Secretary of State, underlined that a November 2005 policy statement from the Congregation for Catholic Education is «valid for all formation houses for the priesthood,» including those administered by religious orders, the Eastern Catholic churches, and missionary territories. …
That Vatican document, which has now been reinforced, instructed bishops and religious superiors to use «painstaking discernment» in appraising the candidates for priestly training. Candidates who are identifiably homosexual are not qualified for ordination, the Vatican said. «In the case of a serious doubt in this respect, they must not admit him to ordination,» the document added.
