All that hand wringing for nothing!

The Word from Rome has more on the document on homosexuals in the seminary:

A widely discussed forthcoming Vatican document on homosexuals in seminaries will not create an absolute ban, a senior Vatican official told NCR Oct. 7, but it will insist upon a “prudential judgment” that gay candidates should not be admitted in three cases:

If candidates have not demonstrated a capacity to live celibate lives for at least three years;
If they are part of a “gay culture,” for example, attending gay pride rallies (a point, the official said, which applies both to professors at seminaries as well as students);
If their homosexual orientation is sufficiently “strong, permanent and univocal” as to make an all-male environment a risk.
In any case, the Vatican official said, whether or not these criteria exclude a particular candidate is a judgment that must be made in the context of individual spiritual direction, rather than by applying a rigid litmus test.

I think that’s very fair and I’m glad to see it!

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