VATICAN
Gay.com UK
Confusion is surrounding the publication of a Vatican document that will apparently bar gay men from becoming priests.
The document, which was first reported last weekend, was due to be released in the coming weeks, although senior figures in the Catholic leadership worried it would spark unrest within the faith.
Additionally, they fear it would tarnish the recently consecrated Pope Benedict’s attempt to soften his image as a hard-line conservative.
However, the document may now be shelved.
Although conservatives within the Catholic Church want the ban to be introduced, others fear that it is an unjust response to the catholic child abuse scandals in America.
One senior catholic publication wrote this week that the document could essentially become a “witch hunt” of gay man because of the Church's misunderstanding of sexual diversity.