Vatican gays

Why you can trust Sky News. The new guidelines, approved by Italian bishops, say seminary directors should consider a priestly candidate's sexual preferences, but only as one vatican of their personality. It's an unexpected adjustment from the Vatican, which previously said that men with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" could not become priests.

Some cried. This has included allowing priests to bless same-sex couples on a case-by-case basis - but the admittance of gay men into the priesthood has remained a taboo subject. Vatican approves document allowing gay men to become priests in Italy A new document by the Italian bishops’ conference states that being openly gay no longer bars candidates from discerning the.

Although the Vatican had not explicitly prohibited gay men from entering the priesthood in the past, an instruction from barred men who have "deep-seated homosexual tendencies". Pope Francis previously called for careful screening of seminarian candidates, and has in the past sharply warned priests who pursue sexual relationships to leave the priesthood.

Read more: London teenager to become first millennial saint Pope Francis accused of using homophobic slur. The legal code regarding lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Vatican City is based on the Italian Zanardelli Code ofsince the founding of the sovereign state of Vatican City in Some 1, LGBTQ+ people are taking part for the first time in a pilgrimage to mark the Vatican's Jubilee Year.

Follow our channel and never miss an update. Sunday 12 JanuaryUK. The Vatican has given the green light for gay men to become priests - as long as they remain gay.

Vatican approves document allowing

Gay men can become priests, as long as they remain celibate, new Italian guidelines say It's an unexpected adjustment from the Vatican, which previously said that men with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" could not become priests. Walking through the Holy Door of St.

Peter's Basilica, the culmination of any Jubilee pilgrimage, many LGBTQ Catholics and the people who minister with them kissed or caressed the panels of the door. Be the first to get Breaking News. Several LGBTQ+ groups signed up to participate in the pilgrimage, which was listed in the Vatican’s official calendar of events for the Holy Year, the once-every-quarter century celebration of.

In an unexpected adjustment to practice in the Catholic Church, the new guidelines from Italian bishops will allow gay men to enter seminaries.