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Pope Francis worries about the number of priests and homobaduals believing that the Catholic Church could be invaded by the "fashion" of homobaduality, according to an interview book published in Italy on Saturday.
"Homobaduality is a very serious matter that needs to be discerned adequately by candidates" to the priesthood and religious life, said the Argentine pontiff in the book "The Power of One" vocation ", which will be published in ten languages. "In our societies, even, it seems that homobaduality is fashionable and this mentality, in a way, also affects the life of the Church," he added. . "It's something that worries me."
After his election in 2013, Pope Francis adopted a more welcoming tone to homobaduals by launching his now famous phrase "Who should I judge?" and to receive homobadual couples.
An official document of 2005 forbids access to the priesthood of any man with a homobadual tendency, although many bishops have chosen to close their eyes, especially because of the sudden fall of vocations.
In the book of interviews, Francis asks seminar and novitiate leaders to keep their eyes open and even to identify candidates who might later develop these "trends".
"In consecrated life and in the priesthood, this type of affection has no place, so the Church recommends that people with this deep-rooted tendency not to be accepted into the world. ministry or in religious life, "explained the Argentine pontiff. ] Homobaduals who are already priests or religious "should be encouraged to live fully in celibacy and, above all, to be fully responsible, without seeking"
"It is better for them to renounce the priesthood or the consecrated life than to to lead a double life, "he insisted.
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