Bill Cork has unearthed two good links today:

First, a Reuters story that in turn reports on a paper in the Italian press that claims to know the real content of the Guide to Witch Hunts:

The Vatican will allow gay men into the priesthood if they can show they have been celibate for at least three years, leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Friday.

But it said the Vatican will ban men who "publicly manifest their homosexuality" or show an "overwhelming attraction" to homosexual culture "even if it is only intellectually."

Which makes sense. The document is supposedly 16 pages long, which means there will be more precise definitions, but as a baseline, this is not surprising.

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