Posted on 12/20/2022 6:34:34 PM PST by marshmallow
50 homosexual Italian priests have published a letter denouncing the “internalized homophobia” of the Church, announcing they “no longer want to hide.” The letter, titled “Con tutto il cuore” – With all my heart – first circulated discreetly, before being picked up by the left-leaning Italian daily Domani, followed by the Spanish publication Público.
A Disjointed and Conventional Argument
The letter denounces the existence of “plans” aimed at eliminating all allusion to homosexuality in the seminaries and at promoting an empty sexual morality there. It adds, in a grotesque way, that this attitude finds an echo in traditionally Christian countries, such as Italy or Spain, where there is collaboration between the ecclesiastical hierarchy and the political extreme Right.
The authors speak of the hatred of the gay world inoculated in the seminaries, and of the “social prejudices” scattered through even the latest Vatican documents, with an almost obsessive reference to “gender ideology,” which has multiplied since Giorgia Meloni’s rise to power.
If the subject were not so serious, this association would be amusing because it is so conventional and anachronistic. It is ultimately only there to try to stigmatize the opponents whom they accuse of all their misfortunes.
The text goes on to bluntly affirm that “there are homophobic homosexual priests, who push to the outside the conflict they carry within. They do not express peace, but live a dystonic ministry smothering their own being with clericalism.” But “quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur,” “what is affirmed without proof, can be denied in the same way.”
A complaint arises: “We cannot speak openly about our homosexual orientation with our family or our friends, even less with other priests or committed lay people,” lament the authors. “We cannot find acceptance in the Church,” pointing to “internalized homophobia” both within the hierarchy and in the.......
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I guess they just self-excommunicated themselves.
When does Bergoglio come out?
And here I thought the title was the beginning of a bad joke.
Thanks, now get out.
The Roman Catholic Cult has been an affront to true Christianity since its inception. With its perversion of the gospel its no surprise its priest are sexually deviant perverts.
Holy Spirit, cleanse Your Church.
Exactly.
I can’t even …
The 50 are likely the only ones to come out.
I’d guess it’s the part of the gay church iceberg above water
How many in/out of the Vatican itself? Sorry if I missed it.
Just let them f-ing marry!
And Father Frank Pavone, who is one of the staunchest Right-to-Life priests in the world, was just laicized by the Pope, himself.
Here’s the joke:
“What happened after one deeply flawed Pope went into the Vatican? 50 homosexual Italian priests came out.”
They’re good but the pro life priest gets canned. WTF kind of world are we living in now?
But Frankie the Talking Heretic won't dismiss them from the clerical state. That's reserved for pro-life warriors.
Fifty priests walk into a gay bath house....and it’s not a joke.
Well at least the patrons there are adults, so at least that's something.
Stop.
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