Homosexuality is incompatible with the priestly vocation. Otherwise, celibacy itself would lose its meaning as a renunciation.
The Eucharist is "the source and summit of the Christian life."
Certainly, it is difficult to make the demands of the Gospel understandable to secularized people. But this pastoral difficulty must not lead to compromises with the truth.
For many people today, practical atheism is the normal rule of life...If this attitude becomes a general existential position, then freedom no longer has any standards, then everyting is possible and permissible.
Assuredly, the word of truth can be painful and uncomfortable. But it is the way to holiness, to peace, and to inner freedom. A pastoral approach which truly wants to help the people concerned must always be grounded in the truth. In the end, only the truth can be pastoral.
Ever the gentleman, it is interesting how Edward Pentin introduces an addendum to his own site to an interview with Fr. Weinandy published at the National Catholic Register :
His complete yet brief remarks could not fit into the piece, so I publish them here in full:
Distinctions Matter
Distinctions Matter Forward
Missale Romanum
Pre-1951 Calendar