http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16575/vatican-reaffirms-celibacy-for-priests Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Sun, 19 Nov 2006 18:22:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16575/vatican-reaffirms-celibacy-for-priests/comment-page-1#comment-76 Not Surprising… « Josiah Concept Ministries Sun, 19 Nov 2006 09:02:15 +0000 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/16575/vatican-reaffirms-celibacy-for-priests#comment-76 [...] Tonight, it was this article that got me going.  I have no idea what I was really expecting.  The issue of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church needs some serious reflection on the part of the Vatican.  Yet they are afraid to break with their precious traditions for the sake of a diplomatic solution to a very serious problem.  Excommunicated Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo is only the tip of the iceberg–an iceberg that has caused more priests to leave the Catholic Church than any other issue.  I have no statistics to back that up; I really am just guessing on that last point. [...] [...] Tonight, it was this article that got me going.  I have no idea what I was really expecting.  The issue of priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church needs some serious reflection on the part of the Vatican.  Yet they are afraid to break with their precious traditions for the sake of a diplomatic solution to a very serious problem.  Excommunicated Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo is only the tip of the iceberg–an iceberg that has caused more priests to leave the Catholic Church than any other issue.  I have no statistics to back that up; I really am just guessing on that last point. [...]

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