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Although the council defined no new dogma, Catholics who lived through the Vatican II era will never forget the changes \u2014 some of them abrupt \u2014 that visited their church communities in the mid-1960s.<\/p>\n

Altars were turned around so that priests faced the people. The Mass in Latin gave way to Mass in the vernacular. Other sacraments were updated and simplified. Men and women religious adopted a more modern form of dress.<\/p>\n

The [partisan] whole story<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Russian Orthodox Church backs Vatican on gay seminarians<\/strong>
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The Bible, Father Vyzhanov observed, condemns homosexual acts in terms that \u201cdo not leave any room for a different interpretation.\u201d He said that Orthodox believers have trouble comprehending Protestant groups that have given their blessing to same-sex unions.<\/p>\n

The Orthodox Church spokesman said that exclusion of homosexuals from seminaries and from the priesthood should be a common policy, since homosexuality can never be accepted as normal, and those who have same-sex attraction must be understood to \u201csuffer from a serious illness.\u201d<\/p>\n

Short Story<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"