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the flesh is weak...
“When was the last time you had sex?” all candidates for the seminary are asked. (The preferred answer: not for three years or more.)
“What kind of sexual experiences have you had?” is another common question. “Do you like pornography?”
Depending on the replies, and the results of standardized psychological tests, the interview may proceed into deeper waters: “Do you like children?” and “Do you like children more than you like people your own age?”
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/nyregion/31gay.html?hp=&pagewanted=all
- By Gus Leonisky at 31 May 2010 - 2:11pm
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father ted...
Father Sweeney said the new rules were not the order of battle for a witch hunt. “We do not say that homosexuals are bad people,” he said. “And sure, homosexuals have been good priests.”
“But it has to do with our view of marriage,” he said. “A priest can only give his life to the church in the sense that a man gives his life to a female spouse. A homosexual man cannot have the same relationship. It’s not about condemning anybody. It’s about our world view.”
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see toon at top and Father Ted.... Dermot Morgan died unexpectedly on 28 February 1998 age 45, possibly stricken by the wrath of god? Pity, it was a very funny TV series...
put a knot on it...
Pope Benedict XVI has strongly defended the Catholic Church's rule of celibacy for priests, speaking to 10,000 priests in St Peter's Square in Rome.
He called it a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world.
But the Pope made no reference to the paedophile priests scandal that has rocked the Church in recent months.
The rally of priests from more than 90 nations was one of the largest gatherings of clergy ever seen at the Vatican.
The evening gathering marked the end of the Catholic Church's international year of the priest.
The Pope is due to celebrate a final Mass on Friday.
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Gus: it's still a case of "don't tie the knot, but put a knot on it"... see toon at top.