Vatican Gay Ban: Now Official

The Vatican has now officially published its much-leaked guidelines banning openly gay priests. See our full text article of the week, here.

Some key quotes:

"Critics have claimed that the widely leaked document's ban on men with “deep-seated homosexual tendencies” is too ambiguous for local Catholic officials to effectively screen the sexual orientations of priestly candidates.

But the Vatican forcefully responded Tuesday, asserting that the ban was clear, since the church regards homosexuality as a condition akin to a medical disorder rather than a fixed sexual identity or orientation."