Talk:List of sexually active popes

Clerical celibacy is not a doctrine!
The article states "According to the doctrines of the Catholic Church, the pope (along with other clergy) is expected to be celibate, and is expected to be chaste as well." This is factually incorrect because clerical celibacy is not a doctrine. It is a discipline, imposed on priests of the Latin Rite, and some *BUT NOT ALL* of the Eastern Catholic Churches. In some of the Eastern Churches, married men may be ordained to the priesthood. (But, a single man, once ordained, cannot marry afterward.)

(EDIT -- I just made a correction to above noted sentence in the article, 19 Apr 2005, 18:02 EDIT)

Also it should be noted that for a single person, chastity and celibacy are the same thing. But for a married person, chastity is faithfulness to one's spouse, and responsible use of the gift of sexuality. WhFastus

VfD
On April 27, this article was nominated for deletion. The discussion can be found at Votes for deletion/List of sexually active popes. The result was keep. &mdash; Xezbeth 09:31, May 7, 2005 (UTC)

Paul VI and his alleged homosexuality
Rumours of homosexuality and denial

In 1976 Paul VI became the first pontiff in the modern era to deny the accusation of homosexuality. On 29 December 1975, the Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a document entitled Persona Humana: Declaration on Certain Questions concerning Sexual Ethics, that reaffirmed church teaching that pre- or extramarital sex, homosexual activity, and masturbation are sinful acts.[152][153] In response, Roger Peyrefitte, who had already written in two of his books that Paul VI had a longtime homosexual relationship, repeated his charges in a magazine interview with a French gay magazine that, when reprinted in Italian, brought the rumours to a wider public and caused an uproar. He said that the Pope was a hypocrite who had a longtime sexual relationship with an actor.[154][155][156] Widespread rumours identified the actor as Paolo Carlini,[157] who had a small part in the Audrey Hepburn film Roman Holiday (1953). In a brief address to a crowd of approximately 20,000 in St Peter's Square on 18 April, Paul VI called the charges "horrible and slanderous insinuations" and appealed for prayers on his behalf. Special prayers for the Pope were said in all Italian Catholic churches in "a day of consolation".[155][157][e] The charges have resurfaced periodically. In 1994, Franco Bellegrandi, a former Vatican honour chamberlain and correspondent for the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, alleged that Paul VI had been blackmailed and had promoted other gay men to positions of power within the Vatican.[159] In 2006, the newspaper L'Espresso reported that the private papers of police commander General Giorgio Manes accepted the blackmail story as true, and that they claimed Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro had been asked to help.[157][160]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI#Rumours_of_homosexuality_and_denial — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:20:704C:19F2:D0AA:EAFF:FE77:5570 (talk) 16:50, 19 January 2024 (UTC)

page deletion
im sorry but why does this exist this page isn't useful or informative Radon difluoride (talk) 14:30, 21 February 2024 (UTC)
 * See Articles for deletion/List of sexually active popes and Articles for deletion/List of sexually active popes (2nd nomination). You're welcome to place the article for deletion again. To do so, follow the instructions at WP:AFDHOWTO. I doubt such an AfD would result in deletion, but you're welcome to try. --Hammersoft (talk) 15:24, 21 February 2024 (UTC)