Tag: celibacy

• Wednesday, January 15th 2020 - 09:16 UTC

  Benedict trying to distance himself from a controversial book with passages on celibacy

  

  Retired former pope Benedict XVI sought to calm a dispute within the Vatican on Tuesday, claiming his name was erroneously attributed as co-author to a new book with a conservative cardinal.

• Friday, September 13th 2013 - 00:39 UTC

  Celibacy ‘is not Church dogma’ and ‘can be discussed’, says Vatican’s number two

  

  The Vatican’s new secretary of state has surprised many in the Catholic Church, after saying in an interview with a Venezuelan newspaper that the issue of priests remaining celibate is up for discussion.