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The old lay about gay priests
The only slightly negative aspect of my recent birthday festivities is that in the excitement, I forgot to record a program on German TV on Sunday. They showed a report about the treating of homosexuality in the Catholic Church, and I wanted to see it. The newest thing is, that gay people can't become priests, while they expect from gay people to be "honest" about it and come out, thus making it impossible to follow their calling.
Now, I know there has been a lot of bad press concering priests, and a good percentage of it is probably true. But if we are assuming that children are endangered because of the simple fact that priests aren't allowed to have sex at all, why don't we assume that little girls are in just as much danger by straight priests? Why this frigging double morale again? Or do people think that straight priests have more than enough willing women who'd sleep with them anyway?
In my opinion, the Catholic Church should change some of her stupid, untimely rules that have nothing to do with bringing the Gospel to all people. They'd have a lot more priests that way - there are people, male and female, who would and could happily do the job but don't feel the calling to a life of rigind loneliness - and the priests would probably be a lot happier. Which would make the Gospel the more believable, I guess. And if someone still feels to be called for a life in celibacy, they could always become monks, nuns or hermits, for God's sake.
And people are wondering why I left the Church in all but by an official act.
Now, I know there has been a lot of bad press concering priests, and a good percentage of it is probably true. But if we are assuming that children are endangered because of the simple fact that priests aren't allowed to have sex at all, why don't we assume that little girls are in just as much danger by straight priests? Why this frigging double morale again? Or do people think that straight priests have more than enough willing women who'd sleep with them anyway?
In my opinion, the Catholic Church should change some of her stupid, untimely rules that have nothing to do with bringing the Gospel to all people. They'd have a lot more priests that way - there are people, male and female, who would and could happily do the job but don't feel the calling to a life of rigind loneliness - and the priests would probably be a lot happier. Which would make the Gospel the more believable, I guess. And if someone still feels to be called for a life in celibacy, they could always become monks, nuns or hermits, for God's sake.
And people are wondering why I left the Church in all but by an official act.
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One day, I'll have to write a hommage to Sister Anna, though. She was a fairly peculiar creature - quirky but very loveable. You meet the strangest people in a convent, I could populate Halabor with my former co-sisters. Well, the female part of the population anyway.