Read the bible. Forced celibacy cannot be found.
List of sexually active popes - Wikipedia
How many others were never caught?
List of sexually active popes - Wikipedia
How many others were never caught?
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OK...sooooo who is forcing someone to be celibate? Your spouse?Read the bible. Forced celibacy cannot be found.
List of sexually active popes - Wikipedia
How many others were never caught?
Trying to be crafty again.OK...sooooo who is forcing someone to be celibate? Your spouse?
Seriously.......Are the married Catholic priest forced to be celibate? (Hint, no)
Also, one volunteers to be a celibate priest or nun. Did you know that?
Are we to pretend 1 Corinthians 7 was never written?
Can you find a different way to bash The Church instead of these false claims you are making?
Curious Mary
Dear friend,Where are the Catholic apologists? They jump on everything else.
Trying to be crafty again.
Unmarried Catholic priests cannot marry.
Those married before becoming a priest are encouraged to be celibate.
Dear friend,
Are you married or single? Is anyone forcing you to do either? Unmarried Catholic men or women can CHOOSE to be celibate. It is not forced upon anyone so stop making such silly statements.
Where is your evidence that they are encouraged to be celibate?
Hey....dodge ball king........Are we to pretend 1 Corinthians 7 was never written?
Mary
I thought the subject is Sex and the Papacy???And here you go again.
The subject was Catholic clergy getting married.
I have been happily married one time for 46 years.
Celibacy and the Catholic Church - dummiesI thought the subject is Sex and the Papacy???
Where is your evidence that they are encouraged to be celibate?
Hey....dodge ball king........3rd time I have asked this........Are we to pretend 1 Corinthians 7 was never written?
Patient Mary
Did you even read the link YOU provided?
Hey....dodge ball king...
Did you even read the link YOU provided?
Soooo if you read the link YOU PROVIDED you would have seen this line here: The Catholic Church doesn’t teach (and never taught) that all clergy must be celibate.Yes. I have seen other data in the past that would add to it.
Plus well aware of what happened in the Catholic Church where I grew up. I don't think you'd want me to repeat that information.