News error! Pope has not yet approved of barring homosexual seminarians.

[Roman_Army]

Not to Moderator: Just needed to correct a news error. The other thread is too clogged up with posts.

**I’d like to remind you all that “Catholic World News” is completely fallible. **

“Catholic World News is an independent Catholic news service staffed by lay Catholic journalists, dedicated to providing accurate world news, written from a distinctively Catholic perspective.”

Source: cwnews.com/about/about.cfm

According to CNS, which has more authority since they are part of the USCCB, the Pope has not yet approved the document. Neither have I heard anything about it in other reliable sources. ABC News and other secular news agencies also said that the Pope had not yet approved the document. So, the document is still currently sitting on the Pope’s desk awaiting his decision.

“A top official at one of the congregations working on the instruction insisted Sept. 22, “It has not been approved. There is nothing new” to report about the document’s progress.”-Catholic News Service, Sept. 22, 2005.

Source: catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0505371.htm

Please, let’s not rely on one single news agency, and try to double check with other sources.

 

[Marian_Carroll]

Since no document has been forthcoming and until it does, any and all news stories are “speculative” in nature. It is assumed that all posting/reading are aware of that.

Your points are well taken about news reports issued prior to official statements. It isn’t over until it’s over.