That sounds like an interesting program. I wonder if there will be an American version?
Oof. You've broached a complicated and difficult subject for not just the general populace, but many of the Catholic faithful. I think the short answer to the Church banning homosexual people from pursuing the priesthood is that it considers them to be "intrinsically disordered" and thus ineligible the same way that say, the mentally ill would be. There is no comparison between the two groups in any Church literature that I have seen, of course, but the fact that the result is still the same provokes a definite feeling of insult. I have not seen anything that attempts to justify it based on homosexual = pedophile. Certainly there were also little girls and young women who have brought lawsuits into the fray, so such an argument would hold no water anyway. And I have no doubt that there are homosexual priests who have managed celibacy as successfully as any heterosexual ones, and been holy and inspirational leaders. What position are they in now?
The thing about the Church is that its decisions are (usually) imminently logical based on what it believes. It's the core belief shaping the decision (in this case, homosexuality = "intrinsically disordered") that has to be undercut to make any headway in arguments.
Augh! I hope you have not lost all the warm, fuzzy feelings that your birthday brought to you! I was happy to see that your party went very well. (Mine was Monday also, as I mentioned in an earlier posting, but by contrast it was very quiet!)
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Oof. You've broached a complicated and difficult subject for not just the general populace, but many of the Catholic faithful. I think the short answer to the Church banning homosexual people from pursuing the priesthood is that it considers them to be "intrinsically disordered" and thus ineligible the same way that say, the mentally ill would be. There is no comparison between the two groups in any Church literature that I have seen, of course, but the fact that the result is still the same provokes a definite feeling of insult. I have not seen anything that attempts to justify it based on homosexual = pedophile. Certainly there were also little girls and young women who have brought lawsuits into the fray, so such an argument would hold no water anyway. And I have no doubt that there are homosexual priests who have managed celibacy as successfully as any heterosexual ones, and been holy and inspirational leaders. What position are they in now?
The thing about the Church is that its decisions are (usually) imminently logical based on what it believes. It's the core belief shaping the decision (in this case, homosexuality = "intrinsically disordered") that has to be undercut to make any headway in arguments.
Augh! I hope you have not lost all the warm, fuzzy feelings that your birthday brought to you! I was happy to see that your party went very well. (Mine was Monday also, as I mentioned in an earlier posting, but by contrast it was very quiet!)
Denise