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Benedict reaffirms value of priestly celibacy, blocks move to allow Catholic
priests to marry...
"Continence, My child, is the sacrifice asked by the Father. You cannot divide yourselves; there must be a full dedication to the will of God." - Our Lady of the Roses, March 24, 1974
The Catholic News Service reported on November 16, 2006:
Pope Benedict XVI and top Vatican officials, meeting to review the status of married priests, reaffirmed the value of priestly celibacy and said its importance should be highlighted among priests and seminarians.
At the same time, the participants examined the possibility of the return to active ministry of some priests who may have left the priesthood to marry but who now meet certain conditions, a Vatican statement said.
The pope presided over the three-hour meeting of more than 20 heads of Vatican congregations and councils Nov. 16.
"The value of the choice of priestly celibacy according to the Catholic tradition was reaffirmed, and the need for solid human and Christian formation was underlined, both for seminarians and for those already ordained," a brief Vatican statement said.
The Vatican encounter was triggered by the case of Zambian Archbishop Emmanuel Milingo, who recently was excommunicated after he ordained four married men as bishops without papal permission.
The Vatican statement, issued a few hours after the meeting, made no mention of Archbishop Milingo. It said the participants were given updated information on requests by priests for dispensation from the obligation of celibacy and on the possibility of readmission for priests who "meet the conditions foreseen by the church."
In recent years, the Vatican has approved the return to active ministry for some priests who left to marry in civil ceremonies, but who later divorced or were widowed and petitioned for readmission. Such readmissions follow a long process and require an expression of repentance from the petitioner, according to Vatican officials.
The Vatican spokesman, Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, told Catholic News Service it was his understanding that the meeting did not consider major changes in the priestly celibacy rule. Instead, he said, the discussion appeared to focus on the pastoral situation of priests in those special circumstances seeking readmission to ministry.
When ordained, Latin-rite Catholic priests make a promise of celibacy. In the Eastern rites, married men may become priests, but are not allowed to marry after ordination.
The Vatican encounter came less than two weeks after Archbishop Milingo wrote an open letter to the pope, calling for immediate steps to accept married priests in the Catholic Church in order to end what he said was the church's "dire straits because of the shortage of priests."
In his letter, Archbishop Milingo said there were an estimated 150,000 married priests worldwide "who are ready and willing to serve."
Archbishop Milingo, 76, married a South Korean woman in 2001 but at the request of Pope John Paul II left her and was reconciled with the Vatican. Last summer, however, the archbishop was reunited with his wife in the United States and founded a movement called Married Priests Now!
The issue of priestly celibacy and the potential role of married priests came up at the Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist in late 2005. Several bishops at the synod asked for discussion of the possibility of ordaining married men to respond to priest shortages around the world.
But the synod ended up strongly affirming the value of priestly celibacy and made no recommendations for any change. The pope is expected to publish a document on the synod sometime soon.
Priests who request and obtain Vatican dispensation from priestly celibacy in order to marry are returned to the lay state. They are not allowed to administer the sacraments, except for granting absolution when there is danger of death, and are forbidden to assume some other functions in church life.
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MODESTY,
CHASTITY, PIETY
"I repeat Myself: pastors, awaken from your
slumber! You must not offend your God any longer, for He is already too much
offended.
"Pastors and mitres will also fall into hell. A human soul is but a human
soul, and will pass into judgment. No soul will cross the veil without facing
this judgment by the Eternal Father!
"Do not succumb, My pastors, to the fallacy that all will be forgiven. For
that, is asking too much at this time! When a man sins, it is a sorrow to the
Merciful Heart of the Eternal Father. But when he leads another into sin, it is
an abomination in the eyes of the Eternal Father. Therefore, pastors, clothe
yourselves in good works, modesty, chastity, piety--holiness must be returned to
the churches of the world." Our Lady, August 21,
1975
PRIEST NOT A
COMMON MAN
"We do not find that you are continuing in your
lives prayer and sacrifice--they are becoming a forgotten creed. I admonish you
now that you are not to set yourselves in as a common man. When I chose you to
represent Me as a priest in My House, you are not to make yourselves a common
man, for you will not bring the souls into the Kingdom by joining them in their
sin! Yours must be a pure and shining example! You must follow your vows of
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wallow in all the filth of mankind! You savor all the pleasures of the world
and you are breaking the rules of the Father! These include the Commandments
given to mankind! Wake up now, there is not much time left for you to make
atonement!" Jesus, August 14, 1974
Directives from Heaven... https://www.tldm.org/directives/directives.htm
D5 - The Holy Priesthood
D172 - Priestly Celibacy
Articles…
Pope John XXIII on priestly celibacy
https://www.tldm.org/news4/celibacy%5Fjohnxxiii.htmExcerpts from Pope John Paul II's 1979 Holy Thursday letter to priests
https://www.tldm.org/news4/celibacy%5Fjohnpaul2.htmExcerpts from Pope John Paul II's Wednesday audiences
https://www.tldm.org/news4/celibacy4%5Fjohnpaul2.htmPope Paul VI on the celibacy of the priest
https://www.tldm.org/news4/priestly%5Fcelibacy.htmCelibacy isn't the problem, by Cardinal O'Connor
https://www.tldm.org/news4/celibacy5%5Fo%27connor.htm
Links…
Celibacy dates back to the Apostles, by Fr. Anthony Zimmerman, STD
The logic of priestly celibacy, by Fr. Anthony Zimmerman, STD
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