The Wire

This week the Vatican released a new document that strongly reinforced the ban on ordaining gay men as priests, and the new guidelines on homosexuality and the priesthood has already caused controversy within the Catholic Church. According to the document, anyone who is actively gay, or has “deep-seated homosexual tendencies”, or who supports “gay culture” shouldn’t be ordained. Catholic historian and former priest Dr Paul Collins said the Vatican’s stand on homosexuality is less draconian than expected but that the Church should rather focus on other issues than homosexuality, such as opening up for ordination of women and married men.