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Wow, a Catholic leader openly against gay people? I, for one, am shocked.
In a new book, The Strength of a Vocation, Pope Francis made it incredibly clear that gay men are not welcome in the Catholic clergy.
“The issue of homosexuality is a very serious issue that must be adequately discerned from the beginning with the candidates if that is the case,” he said. “In our societies, it even seems that homosexuality is fashionable and that mentality, in some way, also influences the life of the Church.”
The comments were made to Spanish priest Fernando Prado in the book-length interview, which was released December 3.
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Francis went on to add that homosexuality within the Church “is something that worries me” and that “the question of homosexuality is a very serious one.” He feels that before men are trained to be priests, those training them must be certain that they are “humanly and emotionally matured.”
Though he was once thought to be one of the more progressive popes the Catholic religion had seen, Francis recently made the declaration that parents with gay children should seek psychiatric help for them.
OMFGay readers: What are your thoughts on this?
