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...longer appears a question of if, but how the Vatican will try to restrict homosexuals from joining the priesthood. As 256 of the world's bishops gathered in Rome for a three-week synod--the first under Pope Benedict XVI--details filtered out to the Italian press that something a bit less draconian than a blanket ban was in the works. A long-shelved document providing specific admission instructions to seminaries is expected to be issued in November. The "instruction" from the Congregation for Catholic Education would add some teeth to a long-standing but often loosely enforced...
...more loosely defined strike would go against seminary candidates whose homosexual orientation is sufficiently "strong" and "permanent" as to make the all-male environment of a seminary a temptation to sexual activity. Gays already in the priesthood would not be affected by the new document, which was signed by Benedict in September, according to Corriere della Sera...
Still, in its official deliberations last week, neither the abuse scandals nor the issue of homosexual clergy came up in more than 100 remarks made during the first five days, despite the fact that Benedict invited the synod to engage in its first "free discussion" segment. One piece of sobering news, however, was repeatedly raised: the shortage of priests around the world, no matter what their sexual inclination...
Earlier this year, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 announced a number of planned renovations intended to increase student social space on campus...
...response, Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 asked a nine-person committee of faculty, administrators, a representative from the University’s General Counsel, and a student to reevaluate Harvard’s travel policy early this summer...