His aphorisms have been quoted in a collection of maxims and witticisms for Christians published by one of the Pope’s closest aides. Wilde (1854-1900), a disgraced homosexual who converted to Catholicism on his deathbed, has long been shunned by the Vatican. But now, gems such as “I can resist everything except temptation” and “The only way to get rid of a temptation is yield to it,” which can hardly be considered orthodox Catholic teaching, are included in a book compiled by Father Leonardo Sapienza, head of protocol at the Vatican. According to Father Sapienza, Wilde was a “writer who lived perilously and somewhat scandalously but who has left us some razor-sharp maxims with a moral.”