No, Pope Francis Didn’t Really Hint That the Requirement for Priestly Celibacy Will Be Lifted
COMMENTARY: Celibate priests live as Christ lived in this world. His celibacy and his sacrifice gave life to the world.
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Pope Francis Discusses Revising Priestly Celibacy in New Interview
‘It is not eternal like priestly ordination, which is forever, whether you like it or not. Whether you leave or not is another matter, but it is forever. On the other hand, celibacy is a discipline.’
Vatican: Pope Francis Does Not Condone Optional Priestly Celibacy
The initiative referred to is a newly announced book on priestly celibacy and the crisis in the Church and priesthood, co-authored by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Cardinal Robert Sarah, who is head of the pope’s liturgical office.
Jesus, Celibacy and the Dead Sea Scrolls: The Biblical Roots of the Priesthood
COMMENTARY: Celibacy in the Latin Rite is not a negative thing — it is a rule of freedom, because it has enabled Catholic clergy to give themselves to the Church and to the mission of evangelizing the world in a way rarely seen in other Christian communions.
Cardinal Marc Ouellet Defends Priestly Celibacy Ahead of Pan-Amazon Synod
The prefect for the Congregation for Bishops, who wrote the new book, Friends of the Bridegroom: For a Renewed Vision of Priestly Celibacy, said celibacy will be understood if the priest has a better sense of his own priesthood.
The Beauty of Priestly Celibacy
COMMENTARY: There are many perfectly logical reasons to abandon priestly celibacy, and there always have been. Why did the Latin Rite never do so?
Archbishop Gänswein: Pope Will Adhere to Magisterium on Divorce-Remarriage
Prefect of the Pontifical Household says the Pope has awoken expectations regarding Church reform but not yet clear how these will all be played out.
