Buckley Jr. There are two points of view. To some, the issue of homosexual priests is tied up in the shortage of Catholic priests.
He can discuss the role and future of lay ministers in the priest shortage. Sister Jeannine Gramick was ordered to stop ministering to homosexuals by then-Cardinal Ratzinger in 1999. John Trigilio Jr.
February 25, 2019 Church-approved medical killings? Louis Post-Dispatch , March 8, 2002. He also posits that the culture of Catholicism and gay culture have much in common and that male desire has been a central fact of the priesthood.
Washington, D. Do they feel they have a voice? The policy was spurred by the clergy sexual abuse crisis that erupted in 2002. D Master of Divinity M. Gerard Thomas, a pseudonym for a gay U.
The views expressed by RenewAmerica columnists are their own and do not necessarily reflect the position of RenewAmerica or its affiliates. He works nationally as a consultant to dioceses, religious communities and other church-related agencies and was, as a child, abused by a priest.
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In his address to the plenary session of the congregation of clergy held earlier this month, Pope Francis said: The other view is that, given the shortage, the church can ill afford to discourage earnest, qualified, celibate men because of sexual orientation. He specializes in the study of American Catholicism.
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Its History and Challenge. In his address to the plenary session of the congregation of clergy held earlier this month, Pope Francis said:. In 2004 Jim returned to his diocese and became the Director of Vocations and mentor to newly ordained priests. Fischer and Daly have not been the objects of criminal prosecution.
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