Friday, September 23, 2005

Pope Benny: Gays Out but Drug Money is Okay

AP/Yahoo News: "A soon-to-be-released Vatican document will say that homosexuals are unwelcome in Catholic seminaries even if they are celibate. This has devastated gay clergy, embarrassed straight priests and raised doubts among conservatives about whether an outright ban can be enforced. The upcoming "instruction" from the Vatican will reaffirm the church's belief that homosexuals should not be ordained." So, even if they're celibate? Hmm, I was taught as a Catholic that the sin was not being homosexual but that the sin was to act on the homosexuality and engage in gay sex. Guess that teaching is thrown out the window, huh? Well, it is certainly interesting to see that Pope Benny has a cavalier attitude when it comes to drug money b/c God knows... drugs DO NOT HURT people, eh? GuardianUK (via PamSpaulding): "A Mexican bishop has admitted that the local Catholic church receives donations from drug traffickers, but claimed these are "purified" through good works". Bishop Ramón Godínez said "bad money shouldn't be burned it should be transformed". He said the church should ignore the origins of donations just as Jesus showed no curiosity about the expensive perfume Mary Magdalene used to wash his feet. Govt officials have said that receiving illicit money is illegal, but shied away from opening a money laundering investigation into the church." So, destroying lives thru drugs = OK, but living your life according to the sexual orientation that you were born as = SIN. Now I understand how the Church got away w/selling indulgences.
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