Pope on condoms — and on what else?

Phil Lawler at CatholicCulture.org comes up with something else from the book with the pope-on-condoms item:

If you want to drum up controversy on the basis of one quote pulled out of the Pope’s book-length interview Light of the World, how about this one, found on page 152:

Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation.

Unlike the now-famous quotation about condom use, this sentence isn’t pulled out of context. The Pope isn’t merely speculating. He isn’t raising a possible objection or exception to his own argument. His point is clear.

Thing is, he’s talking about his own institution, where among the clergy there may be no hotter issue.

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