Celibacy stays
Cathcon translation of "Zölibat bleibt"
Within the Catholic Church, according to the assessment by the Benedictine Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, in the immediate future, there will no loosening of celibacy. "The Pope could not lay this down," he said in an interview of "Rheinische Post" in Dusseldorf. Since it would mean a change to a centuries long tradition of the church, the Pope would need the consensus of all the bishops. The last Synod of Bishops in Rome however had voted against a loosening of celibacy by a large majority. Between celibacy and a decline in entry into the religious life, the Abbot Primate sees no causal link. Those who enter a religious order, deliberately chose "divinely ordained celibacy." But one should also say, "that under the current societal influences the choice of a celibate life has become more difficult," said the highest-ranking representative of the approximately worldwide 8,000 Benedictines.
His latest book- What are we waiting for? but mercifully its all about German politics.
Within the Catholic Church, according to the assessment by the Benedictine Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, in the immediate future, there will no loosening of celibacy. "The Pope could not lay this down," he said in an interview of "Rheinische Post" in Dusseldorf. Since it would mean a change to a centuries long tradition of the church, the Pope would need the consensus of all the bishops. The last Synod of Bishops in Rome however had voted against a loosening of celibacy by a large majority. Between celibacy and a decline in entry into the religious life, the Abbot Primate sees no causal link. Those who enter a religious order, deliberately chose "divinely ordained celibacy." But one should also say, "that under the current societal influences the choice of a celibate life has become more difficult," said the highest-ranking representative of the approximately worldwide 8,000 Benedictines.
His latest book- What are we waiting for? but mercifully its all about German politics.
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