Simplistic Darwinian reasoning would require the reproductive cycle to match longevity, insofar as animals normally have no reason to survive if they are unable to reproduce. Virtually all middle – age women menopause….(and are ) totally unable to reproduce. ………If…
Tag Archive for Celibacy
Married Priests: Up for Discussion!
Under Francis’ papacy, there have been increasing signs that the question of married priests could come under serious discussion. Now, Pope Francis has said it himself, publicly. Priest celibacy not a dogma - pope Pope Francis on Monday said he…
Celibacy and Gay Catholics, Ex- gay Ministry - and a Genuine, Viable “Third Way”
Popes, Cardinal Kasper agree: Celibacy is difficult. In my previous post, I described how Pope John Paul II wrote that celibacy, although a great spiritual gift, is difficult, and should not be undertaken unless it comes with the special grace…
Two Popes and a Cardinal, on the Problems With Celibacy.
At the heart of Catholic teaching on sexuality, is the principle that every sexual act must be open to procreation. This simple premise, so deeply embedded in all church documents on the subject, is fraught with difficulties for all Catholics,…
Sex, Lies and ….. Catholic Clergy
Many gay men, lesbians and their families will be feeling some smug sense of schadenfreude, after Cardinal Keith O’Brien’s admission yesterday that, yes, their was truth after all in the allegations by four (now five) priests/ former priests that he…
Priest in gay porn primary school accident says goodbye
The Catholic priest who accidently showed 16 gay porn images to a group of 30 parents at a primary school in Northern Ireland is to leave the area. Father Martin McVeigh, the parish Priest of Pomeroy in County Tyrone, announced…
Relaxed rules on ex-priests not imminent, Vatican official says | National Catholic Reporter
The Vatican has denied speculation that there will be any “relaxation of church rules to allow former priests to play greater roles in parish life”. I am less interested in the denial, than I am in the simple fact that…
“Celibacy strangling the Catholic Church” - Cathblog
The courageous Bishop Daley of Derry (pictured), protector of the innocent on Bloody Sunday, has said something everyone in the Catholic Church from the hierarchy to the occasional Mass-goer knows: the rule of celibacy for the diocesan clergy is strangling…
More catholic rebellion: Irish Bishop calls for end to celibacy, Changes in Bishops’ Appointments
The Bishop of Derry, Edward Daly, has added his voice to the calls for an end to universal, mandatory celibacy for Catholic priests ordained under the Western rite. As he points out, it is ludicrous to insist that this is…
John Paul II, and the “Dysfunctional Vatican Monarchy”
A frequent theme in the assessments of John Paull II runs along these lines, written in this case by E. J. Dionne at Commonweal: When historians look back, John Paul’s greatest achievements will inevitably be seen as liberal, in the…
