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Be celibate or leave the priesthood, pope tells gay priests
Reuters ^ | 12/2/18 | Philip Pullella

Posted on 12/02/2018 4:45:13 PM PST by Boomer

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Men with deep-rooted homosexual tendencies should not be admitted to the Catholic clergy, and it would be better for priests who are actively gay to leave rather than lead a double life, Pope Francis says in a new book.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Current Events; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: antipope; gays; genderdysphoria; homosexualagenda; philippullella; pope; popefrancis; reuters; romancatholicism
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To: Boomer

Be celibate or leave, said the pope. Then, with a smile he said, Party at my place at 6,and remember black Speedos only.


21 posted on 12/02/2018 5:35:59 PM PST by lurk
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To: Boomer

“...it would be better for priests who are actively gay to leave rather than lead a double life,...”

There goes the majority of the college of Cardinals!!!!


22 posted on 12/02/2018 5:36:42 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Start using cash and checks or the elite class and bankers will make "cashless" the norm.)
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To: Bulwyf

Well it certainly is not natural. Which is why enforced celibacy leads to so many problems.


23 posted on 12/02/2018 5:39:34 PM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: SamAdams76

Yes, there’s zero requirements for that in the Bible. Peter had a wife as did most disciples that I know of. Paul I don’t think did, but he travelled so much.


24 posted on 12/02/2018 5:44:08 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: lurk

Literally guffawed out loud.


25 posted on 12/02/2018 5:46:40 PM PST by piusv
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To: Boomer

Talk. Walk the walk. Is he ready to severely gut the priest hood or damn near eliminate the Jesuit order?


26 posted on 12/02/2018 5:55:08 PM PST by ClearBlueSky (ISLAM is the problem. ISLAM is the enemy of civilization.)
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To: Bulwyf

So you’re saying that the way Jesus lived his life was contrary to Scripture?


27 posted on 12/02/2018 5:57:21 PM PST by Campion ((marine dad))
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To: Bulwyf

The Bible is not Biblical


28 posted on 12/02/2018 6:03:13 PM PST by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: irishjuggler

Yup, at this point it looks like a concession to political pressure.


29 posted on 12/02/2018 6:04:04 PM PST by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 2)
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To: thoughtomator

Maybe, like Obama, he just read about in the paper.


30 posted on 12/02/2018 6:08:23 PM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: SamAdams76
Which is why enforced celibacy leads to so many problems.

It is truly amazing to me that some people on FR can be so right on certain subjects and comment with great insight and then on other subjects like celibacy be beyond dumb and parrot pure BS.

31 posted on 12/02/2018 6:09:15 PM PST by frogjerk (We are conservatives. Not libertarians, not "fiscal conservatives", not moderates)
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To: Campion

No I’m saying read what Paul wrote.

Jesus was different being the Son of God and all.


32 posted on 12/02/2018 6:10:27 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: frogjerk

The catholic Bible? Yes, you are correct.


33 posted on 12/02/2018 6:10:52 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: SamAdams76

I must mention that the celibacy is not forced.It is chosen.Men know what the price is to be a priest.The difficulty of living it must be tremendous.


34 posted on 12/02/2018 6:14:10 PM PST by georgia peach (georgia peach)
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To: frogjerk

Well the problems within the Catholic church with regard to pedophilia and homosexuality among priests is very grave and they have been compounding the sins by trying to cover it up in many cases. I may not be an expert on celibacy but it is painfully obvious that it is not working out very well for them.


35 posted on 12/02/2018 6:20:49 PM PST by SamAdams76 ( If you are offended by what I have to say here then you can blame your parents for raising a wuss)
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To: Bulwyf

And your point is?


36 posted on 12/02/2018 6:29:40 PM PST by FreshPrince
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To: Innovative
"The real problem is that they molest children."

All the evidence I have seen suggests otherwise. Sure, some child molestation happens, but the largest majority are not children (defining pre-pubescent as children). Most incidents involve post-pubescent youth or young men.

37 posted on 12/02/2018 6:46:14 PM PST by Wonder Warthog (The Hog of Steel and NRA Life Member)
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To: FreshPrince

My point? The pope, the Vatican, all that stuff has nothing to do with Christianity. The Bible does hold the answers.


38 posted on 12/02/2018 6:47:41 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: bgill

Perhaps it is just another of his attempts to get the gay sex problem to go away without doing anything. He can say anything, and still the clergy can do anything, which is what they’ve been doing.

Clergy violating the vow of celibacy should be defrocked. Let’s hear him order that.


39 posted on 12/02/2018 6:48:41 PM PST by SaxxonWoods (Yes, it's a Cold Civil War with Socialists. They don't have the stomach for a hot one.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

Isn’t this the same pope who celebrates homosexuality?


40 posted on 12/02/2018 6:49:18 PM PST by AmericanMermaid
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