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Vatican allows gays to become priests
The Italian Bishops' Conference has issued new guidelines for the training of clergy, according to which gays are allowed to enter seminaries and become priests, subject to celibacy. Euronewsreports this.
According to the publication, the new recommendations suggest that when considering a candidate, it is important to evaluate not only a person’s orientation, but also take into account aspects of his personality as a whole. At the same time, homosexual priests are prohibited from having sex - the same prohibition applies to heterosexual priests.
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Reuters notes that the Vatican has not officially barred gays from becoming clergy in the past, but an earlier 2016 instruction stated that seminaries could not admit men with “deep-rooted homosexual inclinations.”
Italian bishops said they approved the document in November. The text of the recommendations is accompanied by a note from the Vatican clergy confirming that the guidelines are valid for a trial period of three years.
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Euronews writes that women are still prohibited from becoming priests, regardless of orientation.
Pope Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since 2013, is known for becoming more welcoming to the LGBT community and allowing priests to bless same-sex couples. In January 2023, he stated that "homosexuality is not a crime."
At the same time, the Pope used disparaging language towards gays. After this, he had to publicly apologize, which the head of the Vatican does extremely rarely.
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