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Celibacy: Whose bright idea was that? |
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Written by The Guardian
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Saturday, 29 May 2010 20:15 |
Why does the pope wear underpants in the bath? Because he doesn't like looking down on the unemployed.
I was always fond of this joke, though never more so than when still at school where – this being a Catholic boarding school – unemployment of this variety was rife (albeit not so rife that there wasn't an occasional visit to the job centre).
When it's not the object of irreverent humour, the vow of celibacy – in effect a vow of chastity – undertaken by the Catholic...
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My father, my lover: Priests Struggle with celibacy |
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Written by Global Post
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 13:52 |
By Alessandro Speciale — Special to GlobalPost Published: May 26, 2010 13:44 ET
Women who have had relationships with priests pen open letter to Pope Benedict XVI.
ROME, Italy — They are used to secrecy, to hiding their feelings, to waiting in the shadows for their men. But now a group of women who have had intimate relationships with Catholic priests has decided to speak up against celibacy
As sex abuse scandals once again rock the Catholic Church, the 39 Italian women...
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Female priest ordained in Italy |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 27 May 2010 12:40 |
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Maria Vittoria Longhitano convinced that Italian laity are 'ready to welcome a female ministry'
- John Hooper in Rome
- guardian.co.uk, Sunday 23 May 2010 21.18 BST
- Article history
Maria Vittoria Longhitano lies on the ground during a mass for her ordination. Photograph: Vincenzo Pinto/AFP/Getty Images
A 35-year-old Sicilian became the first Catholic woman to be ordained in Italy on Saturday.
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Austrian Bishop Questions Celibacy |
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Written by Administrator
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Thursday, 13 May 2010 11:40 |
Associated Press Writer= VIENNA (AP) — An Austrian bishop who has pushed the Vatican for reforms said in an interview published Wednesday that the Catholic church should drop its celibacy requirement for priests.
Eisenstadt Bishop Paul Iby told the Die Presse daily that it should be up to priests to decide whether they want to live a celibate life and that he would welcome it if married men could be ordained.
"It should be at the discretion of every priest whether to live in...
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Church in worst credibility crisis since Reformation, theologian tells bishops |
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Written by Hans Kung
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Saturday, 17 April 2010 19:42 |
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HANS KÜNG (From the Irish Times)
Pope Benedict has made worse just about everything that is wrong with the Roman Catholic Church and is directly responsible for engineering the global cover-up of child rape perpetrated by priests, according to this open letter to all Catholic bishops
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