Cardinal Murphy-O'Connor issues statement on document, says, 'The Instruction is not saying than men of homosexual orientation are not welcome in the priesthood' (Diocese of Westminster)
Op-ed: Catholic Church's policy on gays isn't enlightened (USA Today)
The 20 links above were posted on Thursday, Dec. 1
Sharp disagreement between Bishop D'Arcy on the one hand and Cardinal McCarrick, Bishop Skylstad, and Bishop Clark on the other over interpretation of document (Washington Post)
More comments from Bishops Cupich, Kicanas, Skylstad (USA Today)
Sydney auxiliary bishop says document offers flexibility in dealing with candidates with 'strong homosexual tendencies' (ABC Australia)
Tucson bishop, Courage's Father Harvey praise document; bishop says no easy answer to question of whether document bans all gay seminarians (Arizona Daily Star)
Praise for document from Tennessee diocesan chancellor (WVLT-TV)
Vatican officially releases document banning gay priests (New York Times)
Phoenix priest resigns pastorate over Vatican directive on homosexuality; being a priest, he says, 'like a Jew wearing a Nazi uniform' (Arizona Republic)
Vatican fuels gay clergy debate; Father Reese: 'Although there is still a great deal of homophobia in the United States, it pales by comparison with Africa and Latin America" (BBC)
Debate over gay clergy is testing many faiths (Boston Globe)
GLAAD calls on media to scrutinize Vatican document (GLAAD)
Nationwide alert issued for Catholics to speak out against Vatican decision banning gays (Human Rigts Campaign)
Dr. Gerard J. M. van den Aardweg: Homopriests, Humanae Vitae, and masculinity ( (Kath.net)
Op-ed on instruction: Vatican flight from reality (The Australian)
Archbishop says Church in Philippines will obey Vatican directive banning entrance of homosexuals into seminary; another archbishop says womanizing priests are just as bad and defends bishop accused of womanizing (Manila Standard Today)
Gay ex-priest says Vatican edict will force others away, describes Cardinal McCarrick's reaction to his 'coming out' (Newark Star-Ledger)
US Catholics are divided over new directive on gays (New York Times)
Father Timothy Radcliffe: Can gays be priests? (The Tablet)
Editorial: Vatican edict on gays, priests (Denver Post)
Vatican issues a qualified ban on gays in priesthood; spokesman for Archdiocese of Los Angeles says instruction will have little, if any, effect there, fears document will be taken out of context; document blasted by Sister Gramick (Los Angeles Times)
Reaction to upcoming document from Father Stephen Meriwether, chancellor of Archdiocese of San Francisco and pastor of largely homosexual parish; chancellor says homosexuals are attracted to priesthood because of their natural inclination to the helping professions, adds Church hearkens back to monarchism, feudalism; fears over crackdown when new archbishop is appointed (San Francisco Bay Guardian)
Reaction from Fathers Neuhaus, Curran; George Weigel, Garry Wills (New York Sun)
Father Reese: 'A lot of the ones who abused boys were in fact heterosexual'; reaction from Catholics United for the Faith, New Ways Ministry (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Some priests blast document; Catholics Affirming Homosexual Leadership revealed as group founded by seven priests, mostly from Chicago (Washington Post)
In strong terms, Rome is to ban gay priests; reaction from Father Fessio, others (New York Times)
Vatican document bars ordination of most gays, criticized by gay activist group; psychologist who evaluated prospective seminarians says if followed it could have enormous effect ( (AP)
Reaction from Kissling, Human Rights Campaign (Reuters)
Reaction from Emmitsburg seminary rector, Syracuse homosexual priest (CNN)
Survivor: Vatican profiles self-described Augustinian community that is left Church over Catholic teaching on homosexuality (The Advocate)
Despite bishop's ban, Jesuits to host New Ways Ministry forum on homosexuality (Newsday)
Archbishop O'Brien on seminary visitations: 'We don't want our people to think, as our culture is now saying, there's really no difference whether one is gay or straight, is homosexual or heterosexual...' (PBS)
