Vatican update: Irish primate contradicts Vatican over issue of gay priests
by Matt | November 26th, 2005 |According to a a short article from Catholic World News, the Irish primate, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin, has come out contradicting the Holy Father’s order to ban gays from the Roman Catholic clergy.
The report on the Archbishop’s remarks, which were made on November 24th, was originally reported on by the Irish Times.
The Irish Times reported that the Archibishop told another newspaper that, “You don’t write off a candidate for the priesthood simply because he is a gay man.”
Thanks, Archbishop, for standing up for what is right.
Matt, 21, is an LGBT activist and youth advocate working mainly within the cities of Greensboro & Winston-Salem and the State of North Carolina. He is the Owner & Editor of InterstateQ.com and has been active in LGBT advocacy work since the age of 14, now currently serving as the Executive Director/Co-founder of Activate! - The North Carolina Advocacy Coalition.
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