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Fake news claims the Pope legalized gay priests. This is false; the Italian Bishops' Conference clarified their seminary guidelines, reiterating the Church's stance against homosexual acts in the priesthood.
As shared by Rev. Fr. Mentor on Facebook.
GAY PRIESTHOOD: LISTEN TO ME!
I think I'm very comfortable with the current body language of most Catholics these days, especially when "anyhow news" is being paraded in the media about their faith… you are really showing understanding and a deep sense of prudence. Kudos to you all.
I was tagged heavily yesterday in some channels and blogs to a news that had it that "The Pope and the Vatican had Legalized Gay men for Priestly Ordination".
At first to be honest with you, I had a good laugh because it was sooo funny to me and at some point too I became very worried.
I became worried NOT because the news might be true but because of what weapon the media has been in the hands of evil people, those who are fighting against the Catholic Church every second of the day.
Listen to me!
The Pope DID NOT say anything like that!
The Vatican DID NOT say anything too!
This is the "Demonic Narrative" of your media, the things that you consume online. They used the name of the Pope and the Vatican just to continue giving support to their agenda.
Whatever was said was said by the ITALIAN BISHOPS CONFERENCE. Just as we have Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN), we also have Associations like that in so many other countries. So even if what they said was true, it can ONLY be in their country.
They came together for their plenary and touched some aspects of their worship and some areas were given attention.
And one of the areas that received attention was the formation of Seminarians in their Catholic Seminaries. In the guidelines they released, it was the "Paragraph 44" that was causing the headaches and uproar.
They took out time again to explain what they said without destroying the Orthodoxy of the Catholic Church…take a look👇🏿
For the Catholic Church teaches that "Homosexuality is a DISORDERED habit and has no place in the Catholic Priesthood", and the Italian Bishops are NOT saying anything different from that.
I will be dropping the link to their disclaimer in the comments section for a better read.
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