In interview, Pope Francis calls priestly celibacy ‘not eternal’
In an interview published Friday (March 10), Pope Francis called celibacy in the priesthood a gift from God but also a ‘provisional’ discipline observed mostly in the Western Church that is not essential to ordination.
In an interview published Friday (March 10), Pope Francis called celibacy in the priesthood a gift from God but also a 'provisional' discipline observed mostly in the Western Church that is not essential to ordination.
