Thursday, May 24, 2018

Pope to Bishops: Don't Accept Gay Seminarians; Day after He Told Gay Man God Loved Him Gay

Pope Francis warned Italian bishops at a closed-door gathering this week to vet carefully applicants to the priesthood and reject anyone they suspected might be homosexual, the Yahoo News website reports today (May 24, 2018).

"Keep and eye on the admissions to seminaries, keep your eyes open," the pope was quoted as saying by newspaper La Stampa's Vatican Insider service. "If in doubt, better not let them enter."

Francis' meeting with Italian bishops came just a day after a Chilean man, who suffered clerical sexual abuse, quoted the pope as telling him in a private conversation that God had made him gay and loved him that way.

The Vatican declined to comment on the report which touched off fierce media speculation that Francis was softening the Church stance on homosexuality. It has previously condemned homosexuality as an immoral disorder if actively practiced.

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