Guidelines for the Screening of Seminarians

(31 Oct 08 - RV) The Congregation for Catholic Education yesterday presented a summary of a Vatican document devoted to guidelines for the  screening of seminarians. The document calls attention to cultural issues that create obstacles for young men discerning the priesthood. Among them are consumerism, instability in family relationships and social, moral relativism, and erroneous views of sexuality. The document highlights specific aspects of human formation of the priesthood, namely emotional and vocational maturity as well as the use of psychological screening for people with homosexual tendencies. The Director of Counselling Services at the Pontifical North American College here in Rome, Capuchin Father David Sonje, told us more about it.