La formazione del seminarista con orientamento omosessuale

2. Verso la maturità relazionale e affettiva

Abstract

Following on from the reflection in the essay published in the previous issue, here I intend to concentrate my attention on one term widely used in the documents of the Magisterium on initial and permanent formation for and within the priesthood, and used also in the Code of Canon Law: Maturity. Beginning with a reconceptualization and a new understanding of the term – understood as a process rather than a structure – the questions related to sexual orientation are reread. These shall be interpreted in the light of a
relational emotional maturity of which the «owners» are not only the single candidates, seminarians and priests but also the places of formation and of ministry placement.