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Showing posts with label Religious Life. Show all posts
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Celibacy Today?

How safe are celibates?

The new emphasis is on companionship and compatibility.

Do celibate Catholic priests need a safety net? How different is safe sex from unsafe celibacy? A recent meeting of the Conference of Diocesan Priests of India, held in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, occasioned these thoughts.

The priests “pledged to safeguard their celibacy vow in the face of modern-day challenges, and treat it as a gift from God.” At the conference Fr. Francis Scaria said that priests in the West and in Africa were facing serious issues related to celibacy. What about India? If there was no problem, then why the concern?