Wow you seem very confident in your answer to even suggest I am stirring up the pot !!!A Catholic can marry a non-Christian in a Catholic Church. My Catholic mom married my Jewish dad (who subsequently later converted).
Your question states two things that are 1) untrue and 2) unrelated.
As for priests with same-sex attraction, priests and deacons have to go through very rigorous mental and emotional tests to check and see if they are capable to be in this role (my father converted and became a Catholic deacon and went through this process).
The person must not be acting on their same-sex attraction just as a heterosexual priest candidate cannot be acting on their opposite-sex attraction. Sinners do become priests, it’s not a requirement to be perfect. Rather, you must conform your life to the Gospel.
Since you have been in numerous threads where people have mentioned non-Christian and Catholic marriages are okay, even a thread where I posted about my parents as an example, I am questioning your motives for making this question. Seems like you are intentionally stirring the pot.
This is the case everywhere. Yet your OP says this can never happen. See the confusion?In England a Catholic person can not marry a non-Christian in a (Catholic Church) without the permission of the Bishop. That is a FACT and correct teaching ?
Permission (technically dispensation) applications are routinely granted. The idea is a cautionary measure intended to help the couple since this can sometimes be an area where difficulties can arise in marriages (for example if one party is a practicing Catholic and the other a practicing Jew or Hindu).In England a Catholic person can not marry a non-Christian in a (Catholic Church) without the permission of the Bishop. That is a FACT and correct teaching ? Yes or No.
Church policy is that persons “with deep-seated homosexual tendencies” must not be accepted for ordination. So for example, a man who was sexually active with other men, or who had been in (non-sexaul) relationships with other men, or visited gay bars/clubs would not be accepted.Secondly it is now accepted a Gay man can be a Catholic Priest ? Yes or No.
Then maybe you misunderstood him. This is a pretty “101” kind of issue. (And, as we saw in a recent thread, even judicial vicars can get “101” stuff wrong.)
From what I’ve look into you are right. I might have misunderstood what Priest meant or he might have been wrong then. Thank you for corrections.1ke is correct I have looked in to . The non-Christian would need permission from the Bishop/Church.