Leaked Vatican Document Bans ‘Deeply Rooted’ Gays From Entering Priesthood
The RNS article of the week (linked above), by Vatican correspondent Stacy Meichtry, looks at the impending release of the Vatican’s ban on gays in the priesthood.
Quote: “The Church cannot admit to the priesthood those who practice homosexuality, have deeply rooted homosexual tendencies or those who support the so-called `gay culture,'” Il Giornale quoted the document as stating.
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Although the document allegedly restricts the access of gays to the priesthood, it does not ban gays outright as some media reports indicated.