Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church
The canon law of the Catholic Church requires that clerics "observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of heaven". For this reason, priests in Roman Catholic dioceses make vows of celibacy at their ordination, thereby agreeing to remain unmarried and abstinent throughout their lives. The 1961 document entitled Careful Selection and Training of Candidates for the States of Perfection and Sacred Orders stated that homosexual men should not be ordained. However, this was left to bishops to enforce and most did not, holding homosexuals to the same standards of celibate chastity as heterosexual seminarians. In 2005, the Church clarified that men with "deeply rooted homosexual tendencies" cannot be ordained. The Vatican followed up in 2008 with a directive to implement
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Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church
The canon law of the Catholic Church requires that clerics "observe perfect and perpetual continence for the sake of the kingdom of heaven". For this reason, priests in Roman Catholic dioceses make vows of celibacy at their ordination, thereby agreeing to remain unmarried and abstinent throughout their lives. The 1961 document entitled Careful Selection and Training of Candidates for the States of Perfection and Sacred Orders stated that homosexual men should not be ordained. However, this was left to bishops to enforce and most did not, holding homosexuals to the same standards of celibate chastity as heterosexual seminarians. In 2005, the Church clarified that men with "deeply rooted homosexual tendencies" cannot be ordained. The Vatican followed up in 2008 with a directive to implement
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O direito canônico da Igreja C ...... cias homossexuais arraigadas".
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The canon law of the Catholic ...... seated homosexual tendencies".
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ローマ・カトリック教会の聖職者と同性愛を巡る議論について述べ ...... 関連を指摘する議論、あるいは召命の価値を論難する議論がある。
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O direito canônico da Igreja C ...... ordenados. O Vaticano deu segu
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The canon law of the Catholic ...... with a directive to implement
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ローマ・カトリック教会の聖職者と同性愛を巡る議論について述べ ...... 関連を指摘する議論、あるいは召命の価値を論難する議論がある。
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Homosexual clergy in the Catholic Church
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Homossexualidade clerical na Igreja Católica Romana
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同性愛とカトリック聖職者
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