Article: Celibacy; a precious gift.

Celibacy in the Latin rite continues to be under attack. which is the reason why Pope John Paul II wrote in his Maundy Thursday letter to priests of 1995 that "the vocation to celibacy needs to be consciously protected." That's the purpose of the following article.

Pope John Paul II stated in his 1994 Letter on the Millennium that "the best preparation for the new millennium" is a renewed commitment to the teachings of Vatican II (#20). With this in mind, it is appropriate to explore how badly the Council has been served on the subject of celibacy by some of its purported defenders. A Canadian case in point is In the Eye of the Catholic Storm, a 1992 book ...

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