A Reflection on the Vatican Statement about Homosexuality and the Priesthood

This week the Vatican Congregation for Education issued an instruction related to the criteria for admission to Roman Catholic seminaries and to the sacrament of Holy Orders. The instruction was approved by Pope Benedict XVI. There was a great deal of speculation about this statement during the months before its release and, undoubtedly, there will be vigorous discussion of it in the media and among Catholics in the coming weeks.