In an unusual public dissent with their leaders, 19 Quebec Roman Catholic priests published yesterday an open letter taking issue with the church’s opposition to both same-sex marriage and the ordination of active gays into the priesthood.
Does the church “have the last word on the mysteries of political, social, family and sexual life?” the 980-word letter asks. “In these matters, the official teaching of the Church has shown itself more than once to be wrong.”
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