Roman Catholic gay schizophrenia

Item 1:

Cardinal "Rat" Ratzinger, known now as Pope Benedict XVI, is classically homophic - that is to say he believes homosexuals are fundamentally disordered. Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, who recently presented a report from the Congregation for Catholic Education titled "Guidelines for the Use of Psychology in the Admission and Formation of Candidates for the Priesthood," represents, obviously, the Pope's position.

Cardinal Grocholewski is said to have described homosexuality as "a deviation, an irregularity, a wound."

It is unsurprising, then, that these new "Guidelines" place, not only homosexuals, but those with "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" out of contention for the Roman Catholic priesthood. In order to determine if potential seminarians are homosexuals or have these "deep-seated" tendencies, they will be required to undergo psychological screening.


Item 2:

At the end of last month, the Vatican issued a new directive in a pamphlet banning Roman Catholic priests from using "heterosexist" language in their churches. The purpose of this ban is to refrain from offending gay worshipers.

The pamphlet or leaflet advised priests and worshipers to be welcoming to gay people, and thus should "Remember that homophobic jokes and asides can be cruel and hurtful - a careless word can mean another experience of rejection and pain."


Item 3:

Various studies done over a period of many years suggest that a fair percentage of Roman Catholic clergy (priests, bishops, cardinals, etc.) are homosexuals and a fair percentage of those carry on an active sex life.

The exact percentage is difficult if not impossible to determine, but estimates of homosexual Catholic clergy range from 25% to 50%.


A schizophrenic summary:

The Roman Church believes that homosexuality is a disorder, "a deviation, an irregularity, a wound" and a person suffering from that particular disorder is so flawed that he cannot serve the church as a priest.

At the same time, upwards of 50% of Catholic clergy are so flawed and in light of Vatican guidelines should immediately resign their ministry for they are deviants and have been deemed as unworthy of priestly orders.

It is these gay clergy, along with "normal" clergy, who have now been instructed to refrain from using language in their churches which would somehow denigrate their gay members.


I asked one homosexual priest what he thought about all of this and he looked at me with wide, terrified eyes, threw his hands up in the air, and ran away screaming "Arrrrrrrgh!!!!"