CANDIDATES for the Catholic priesthood should undergo psychological tests to screen out heterosexuals unable to control their sexual urges and men with strong homosexual tendencies, the Vatican said.

I a recent television programme, the former US Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger, paid tribute to Pope John Paul II.

The Vatican defended its latest attempt to keep men with “deep-seated” homosexual tendencies from becoming priests, but said there would be no crackdown on gays already ordained.

THE college of cardinals met for a second day of talks yesterday to prepare for the conclave to elect a successor to Pope John Paul.