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A Gay Priest Speaks Out

'The vast majority of gay priests are celibate. I don't know of any in my circle of friends that are sexually active.'

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Open Letter to Benedict XVI from a Gay Priest

Barring gay men from ordination would be a disaster for the church that you love so much.

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Priests on the Couch

A Catholic priest who works with troubled clerics talks about seminaries, gay priests, and what's right with the priesthood.

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A Source of Scandal

The Vatican's document on gays in the priesthood represents a purge. A gay priest asks: Where is the message of Jesus in it?

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The Catholic Priesthood's Crisis of Soul

Gay men are often nurturing and sensitive--qualities especially suited to ministry. But should the Catholic church ordain them?

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Andrew Sullivan's Daily Dish

It no longer matters what gay priests - or gay men, for that matter - do . What matters is who they are .

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The New Pope's First Crisis

The priest shortage and its surprisingly simple solution: allow marriage as an option for priests

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Spring Break With Reality; Judas Tells All

Kathy Shaidle blogs about religion, culture, and politics for Beliefnet.

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Loose Canon Archive: June 2005

Charlotte Hays's daily weblog on religion, spirituality, and politics.

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Catholics React to the New Pope

German Inquisition meister. Prince of the New Dark Ages. Torquemada of the 21st century. God's Rottweiler. And pope.

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