Retired Pope strikes back

[woolybanana]

Perhaps the most reactionary Pope ever has come out of against moves to get rid of some celibacy rules for priests in a coauthored book with a Cardinal called...Sarah... duh!

[NickP]

celibacy rules obviously don't apply to choir boys

[woolybanana]

The modern word is ‘ cebilacy’,. It hides the other thing.

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[idun]

As I have said before, I do not understand religions, but I do know that Peter was married, well according to the Bible he was......... and yet doesn't the catholic church say that the Pope's are Peter's successors.

And I doubt that Peter would have been celibate in his marriage, because wouldn't that have gone against the jewish religion.

[blink]

[Judith-aka-Judith]

I think it was later than that, says middle ages, when celibacy was introduced, something to do with Medici pope[s] who had children on the side ...

[idun]

And now we are in the very grubby world of power and money, and if priests had children, then they would surely inherit and not the church. Wasn't that the reason?

I do know it made us smile when on some history program

when they said that they had to stop nuns and monks/priests consorting.... to put it politely[Www]

And this old retired Pope, what did he do about all the abuse when he had the power, children abused over years and years and years?? So having sex with children is celibacy?? Reeks of hypocrisy, isn't as if he didn't know.