Black Spirituality Religion : The Pope Is Only Human

[dunwiddat]

Pope Francis spoke of being 'dazzled' by girl, possible change of celibacy rule

 

[cherryblossom]

Pope Francis spoke of being 'dazzled' by girl, possible change of celibacy rule

Such article titles can be mis-leading. >>>>



Pope Francis suggested in an interview last year that the Catholic Church's rule that priests be celibate "can change" and admitted he was tempted by a woman as a young seminarian.

....For now, though, "the discipline of celibacy stands firm," he said, adding that priests should quit if they can't abstain from sex or if they get a woman pregnant.

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http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/...e-change-of-celibacy-rule?lite&lite=obnetwork

 

[dunwiddat]

"I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding," he said, according to Aleteia. "I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance ... and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.
"I kept thinking and thinking about her. When I returned to the seminary after the wedding, I could not pray for over a week because when I tried to do so, the girl appeared in my head. I had to rethink what I was doing."m

I wrote the title in response to the link I posted with statement above when the pope was a seminary student....kind of tongue in cheek. I know that the RCC has no intention of changing its policy.

 

[cherryblossom]

"I was dazzled by a girl I met at an uncle's wedding," he said, according to Aleteia. "I was surprised by her beauty, her intellectual brilliance ... and, well, I was bowled over for quite a while.
"I kept thinking and thinking about her. When I returned to the seminary after the wedding, I could not pray for over a week because when I tried to do so, the girl appeared in my head. I had to rethink what I was doing."m

I wrote the title in response to the link I posted with statement above when the pope was a seminary student....kind of tongue in cheek. I know that the RCC has no intention of changing its policy.

I gotcha.... But, the article title is still mis-leading, IMO.

However, I think the policy should be changed, anyway.

But, then, there's a lot in the RCC I think is absurd and non-Biblical.