Vatican Allowing Gay Priests
The door of the Catholic church is being pried open even further for the gay community with the church’s latest approval of gay men into the priesthood. The new ruling will be in effect for three years as a trial period.
This comes as a reversal to a 2005 ruling from the Holy See in a document on their website titled Instruction Concerning the Criteria for the Discernment of Vocations with regard to Persons with Homosexual Tendencies. The topic was thoroughly covered in no uncertain terms, essentially placing a ban on ordaining gay men:
In the light of such teaching, this Dicastery, in accord with the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, believes it necessary to state clearly that the Church, while profoundly respecting the persons in question, cannot admit to the seminary or to holy orders those who practise homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called “gay culture”.
Such persons, in fact, find themselves in a situation that gravely hinders them from relating correctly to men and women. One must in no way overlook the negative consequences that can derive from the ordination of persons with deep-seated homosexual tendencies.
Different, however, would be the case in which one were dealing with homosexual tendencies that were only the expression of a transitory problem – for example, that of an adolescence not yet superseded. Nevertheless, such tendencies must be clearly overcome at least three years before ordination to the diaconate.
In their new proclamation, all of the above still stands. However, if the candidate can promise to remain celibate, as his straight colleagues are required to, then he gets put on the path to full ordination. He is to promise not to practice homosexuality, present deep-seated homosexual tendencies or support the so-called “gay culture”. The three year waiting period to prove they are sincere is no longer applicable.
Here’s a quick question. Doesn’t being gay mean you are sexually attracted to a person of the same sex? Well, at least according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary definition, it does:
of, relating to, or characterized by sexual or romantic attraction to people of one’s same sex
It would be extremely naïve to believe that just because a man is a priest, he is not attracted to woman. It won’t be any different for gay priests, except in this case, it might be an attraction to the very men that make up the entire hierarchy of the Catholic church.
This move by the Vatican falls in line with the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) agenda that has taken over Western society since the formation of the United Nations Global Compact in 1999 and its Ten Principles, one of which calls for The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation. Is that what’s going on here? Gay men are being discriminated against because the Church is not being inclusive?
As a Catholic, none of this should come as a shock. Pope Francis made his intentions known in 2013 when he responded, who am I to judge, to a question about the sexual orientation of priests.
In an effort to stay modern, as the pews empty in Catholic Churches across the Western world, an ongoing trend for many decades now, the Church is doing more harm than good by abandoning their figurative line in the sand by openly accepting homosexual priests.
Ever since Pope Francis assumed the papacy of the Catholic Church in March 2013, there have been many dramatic changes that have left many Catholics questioning the direction the church is taking. From 2023s ruling on the blessing of gay marriages, to its stance on the morality of the COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic (which use aborted fetal cell lines in the manufacturing process), to the Pope’s support of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, also known as Agenda 2030. He laid it all out in his second encyclical titled Laudato si’. One could say the church has been in a downward spiral since he assumed the papacy upon Pope Benedict’s suspicious resignation.
Perhaps it shouldn’t matter what the sexual orientation of the priest is since, whether heterosexual or homosexual, according to this new ruling, the same principles apply; the priest must take a vow of celibacy. But this really comes down to a question of morality, not a question of faith.
The catechism of the Catholic church has this to say about homosexuality:
Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that “homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered.” They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved.
Catechism of the Catholic Church – Chastity and homosexuality – section 2357
Gay priests are not anything new in the church, but letting them come right out in the open with it seems to be what’s driving this new ruling. Maybe the pews will be full for the churches that have an openly gay priest, but I don’t think it’s going to fly with many conservative Catholics out there if they haven’t abandoned the church already.
You see, this ruling sets another precedent. Next step in modernizing the church will be letting gays and lesbians to marry, the ordination of woman, and finally letting priests marry, which could include gay and lesbian priests.
It’s all rather ironic considering the Pope said the world is collapsing in October 2023. He was referring to the effects of man made climate change (another fantasy), but it looks more like the church he is leading, is collapsing, in their desperate move to be woke and remain relevant in the 21st century.
