here we go again..

lone-traveler · Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2005 5:04 am Post subject: here we go again..

Vatican affirms ban on gay priests
Document says men with ‘transitory’ gay tendencies can still be ordained

Updated: 5:20 a.m. ET Nov. 29, 2005
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican on Tuesday published its long-awaited document on gays in the priesthood, saying that men with “deep-seated” gay tendencies shouldn’t be ordained but that those with “transitory” tendencies could be if they had overcome them for three years.

The official release of the “Instruction” from the Congregation for Catholic Education came a week after an Italian Catholic news agency posted a leaked copy on its Web site. As a result, the document’s contents were already known.

Reaction has been mixed, with conservatives saying it may help reverse the “gay culture” that has grown in many U.S. seminaries. Liberal critics have complained that the restrictions will create morale problems among existing priests and lead to an even greater priest shortage in the United States.

Will this help bring us together?
You know, the more people push, the more people push back.
Is there an answer to this? Is there a better way?
This looks like it's going to cause more of a division than help .

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10248368/

Lone
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SarahJane · Alley Cat Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 177

I do not want to hurt any Catholics by saying this. The Catholic church has changed. It no longer protects the people the people protect the church. It no longer minsters to the lost it takes care of itself.

Revelation 18:
1 After this I saw another angel coming down from heaven. He had great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his splendor. 2 With a mighty voice he shouted:
"Fallen! Fallen is Babylon the Great!
She has become a home for demons
and a haunt for every evil spirit,
a haunt for every unclean and detestable bird.
3 For all the nations have drunk
the maddening wine of her adulteries.
The kings of the earth committed adultery with her,
and the merchants of the earth grew rich from her excessive luxuries."

4 Then I heard another voice from heaven say:
"Come out of her, my people,
so that you will not share in her sins,
so that you will not receive any of her plagues;
5 for her sins are piled up to heaven,
and God has remembered her crimes.
6 Give back to her as she has given;
pay her back double for what she has done.
Mix her a double portion from her own cup.
7 Give her as much torture and grief
as the glory and luxury she gave herself.
In her heart she boasts,
'I sit as queen; I am not a widow,
and I will never mourn.'
8 Therefore in one day her plagues will overtake her:
death, mourning and famine.
She will be consumed by fire,
for mighty is the Lord God who judges her.

I'm not saying that this is where the Catholic Church is but look for the works of the Holy Spirit in every direction that you look to find guidance. Do you recognize the Holy Spirit in the works of the place you are searching? If you do not then you should not continue to look there for guidance.
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Da Blonde Bombshell · Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 2:00 pm Post subject: