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merrily

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2. No one, and no institution, can play both sides of the fence on the LGBT issue.

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Sat Oct 3, 2015, 12:48 PM

Oct 2015

But, as to this particular instance, would this have been different if a priest, who is supposed to be celibate, had announced, at an important time, he had a girlfriend?

Really, the vows of celibacy, poverty and obedience, all of which turn on celibacy, are untenable. Admit it and move on.

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Vatican fires gay priest on eve of synod [View all] niyad Oct 2015 OP

. . . niyad Oct 2015 #1

No one, and no institution, can play both sides of the fence on the LGBT issue. merrily Oct 2015 #2

Correct. The Priesthood is supposed to be celibate. A Priest in love with a woman would be pnwmom Oct 2015 #5

Who am I to judge? Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #3

This is about celibacy, not orientation. pnwmom Oct 2015 #4

Three years ago, there was a bishop in Argentina who resigned meow2u3 Oct 2015 #6