Every violation of this fundamental law is followed by moral or spiritual disorder, loss of balance, decline of power.

The expulsion, like a similar one in the Brooklyn diocese, followed a Vatican document that called homosexuality an "intrinsic moral disorder."

By malum (evil) he understood most of all concupiscence, which he interpreted as a vice dominating person and causing in men and women moral disorder.

Contributing to a moral and political disorder: cynicism.

The Pope said at the time that such a development would legitimize "moral disorder."

Often nature itself seems out of joint: it has become a dark mirror of the political corruption and moral disorder overtaking the countryside.

In a more general way, there is a deep sense of moral disorder, with too many crooks profiting and too many honorable scholars scraping by.

In one of the most robust denunciations ever, the Vatican described abortion as a "horrendous crime" and a "particularly serious moral disorder".

But the Vatican calls homosexual practice a serious moral "disorder," and most Protestant denominations prohibit ordaining noncelibate homosexuals as members of clergy.

Is homosexuality a moral disorder or a moral and legitimate lifestyle?