https://freerepublic.com/tag/invalidpriests/ en-us Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:55:14 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3998156/posts Trans men 'unknowingly admitted' to Catholic seminaries, bishops' committee allegesA leader of the U.S. bishops' conference has written to Catholic prelates throughout the country, alleging that an unspecified number of transgender men have been "unknowingly admitted" to diocesan seminaries and houses of formation for religious orders.Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki, who serves as the chairman of the bishops' Committee on Canonical Affairs and Church Governance, told the nation's bishops in a Sept. 22 memo that they might consider "various options" to ensure that only people assigned male at birth are ordained to the Catholic priesthood.Among the recommendations are DNA testing... National Catholic Reporter https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3998156/posts#comment Sun, 26 Sep 2021 03:55:14 GMT