Pope Benedict XVI breaks silence to reaffirm priest celibacy

In this Oct. 19, 2014, file photo, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI arrives in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican to attend the beatification ceremony of Pope Paul VI, and a mass for the closing of a two-week synod on family issues, celebrated by Pope Francis.

Benedict's intervention is extraordinary, given he had promised to remain "hidden from the world" when he retired in 2013, and pledged his obedience to the new pope. He has largely held to that pledge, though he penned an odd essay last year on the sexual abuse scandal that blamed the crisis on the sexual revolution of the 1960s.

It is likely to fuel renewed anxiety about the wisdom of Benedict's decision to remain an "emeritus pope," rather than merely a retired bishop, and the unprecedented situation he created by having two popes, one retired and one reigning, living side by side in the Vatican gardens . Francis has said he would write a document based on the outcome of the October 2019 synod of bishops on the Amazon. A majority of bishops at the meeting called for the ordination of married men to address the priest shortage in the Amazon, where the faithful can go months without having a Mass.

"The priesthood of Jesus Christ causes us to enter into a life that consists of becoming one with him and renouncing all that belongs only to us," he writes. "For priests, this is the foundation of the necessity of celibacy but also of liturgical prayer, meditation on the Word of God and the renunciation of material goods."

Dedicating the book to priests of the world, the two authors urge them to persevere, and for all faithful to hold firm and support them in their celibate ministry.

LOL

Priest celibacy doesnt seem to include all the sexually abused young men😥

He is not a Pope. He’s just an old Catholic.

Fake Pope. Cowering to Islam.

This is a Paulist idea......not one Jesus ever would have suggested or condones. That white Roman soldier was a hateful guy. Hated women most of all. The Roman church simply took a Black man's life and enslaved it. Typical

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