The tradition of the gift of celibacy in the Catholic Church in the West is full of "positive experiences," Pope Francis noted as a cardinal. He has not changed his position after the deep wound of abuse, the shortage of vocations, or the argument that it is a disciplinary issue. Dear Amazonia or its recent Message to French seminarians support the encyclical Sacerdotalis coelibatus, of St. Paul VI (1967).
One of the topics that usually generates the most expectation in the media in relation to the Catholic Church is, without a doubt, celibacy, which St. Paul VI defined .....
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The authorFrancisco Otamendi
