[sinkspur]

As for "openly practicing heterosexuals", since the Church has long ordained the widower, that is obviously not true.

A widower with a woman on the side (an "openly practicing heterosexual") will not get ordained.

However, if he commits to celibacy (not "openly practicing") he will get ordained.

Even you can see the difference, can't you?

Like it or not, the Church has always, and continues, to ordain chaste homosexuals.

[narses]

"Like it or not, the Church has always, and continues, to ordain chaste homosexuals."

And too many fail, abuse children and wreak havock on the Church and the Faithful. You defend and applaud this horror, why Deacon?

[ThomasMore]

if he commits to celibacy

Celibacy, in the Catholic sense, is the state of "not being married for the sake of the kingdom". It has absolutely nothing to do with the virtue of CHASTITY. The word "celibacy" is being used here as if it pertained to non-fornication.