
It’s Not Just a Metaphor — Jesus Really Does Regard You as His Friend
“It is through friendship with Christ that we experience what is beautiful and what redeems us.” —Pope Benedict XVI
“It is through friendship with Christ that we experience what is beautiful and what redeems us.” —Pope Benedict XVI
COMMENTARY: Proposals for married clergy often reveal a functional view of the priesthood that loses sight of its spiritual fatherhood.
COMMENTARY: There are many perfectly logical reasons to abandon priestly celibacy, and there always have been. Why did the Latin Rite never do so?
The decision brings to mind an old adage: “It is best not to marry the ‘spirit of the age,’ because you might end up a widower.”
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