The Pope is God incarnate and God can over-ride any previous commands. Think of the nuns as today's Vestal Virgins of yore.
NO, can you enlighten me?
What I am asking is why part of the order prohibits the procreation....and MARRIAGE of those who participate in the structure of the Church? (ie Nuns and Pries
If you can answer that minus your snark, I’d appreciate it.
I think it is because Jesus and Paul believed in it. Paul also said it was BETTER to be celibate - if you can take it.
Vows of chastity and obedience are voluntary. There are anglican nuns who I assume take vows of chastity. Chastity is different than celibacy. It’s a discipline, like fasting. As a mother of three and grandmother of one I can tell you that my prayer life when I was raising them was not as rich as it is now. A practicing Catholic if he were to be a priest and be married would practice NFP which while effective, usually results in relatively large families. Not a lot of time to minister to his flock. Our priest probably works an 80 hour a week. On holiday weeks I’m sure its longer. He routinely gets up in the middle of the night and goes to visit the sick and dying. He’s known for that.
Let me try, and not necessarily from a cannonical viewpoint.
In the event a Pastor or other religious is considered 'available' (and for some, matrimony is no barrier), they are open to the complicating sin of lust, from within or through being the object of the temptations of others. While I am not saying that doesn't happen to some lesser degree, pastoral duties would be significantly less complicated by the absence of such, the ability to be more unbiased maintained, clique-ishness reduced, etc.
By eliminating that temptation the Pastor (Priest/Nun) can concentrate more on the community as a whole.