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To: Trapped Behind Enemy Lines

There is no report that the Pope has made any of those assertions. And they are all false.


154 posted on 03/13/2015 11:34:03 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Arthur McGowan

Wrong. According NBC News May 27, 2014:

“Pope Francis has opened the door for a debate on priestly celibacy.”

“Fresh off the back of his historic trip to the Middle East, the pontiff delved into one of the core Catholic Church rules by declaring it is not a dogma that clergy members abstain from sex.”

“Francis told reporters aboard a plane to the Vatican,
“But since it is not a dogma, the door is always open.”

“This is not the first time Pope Francis has spoken celibacy—he made similar statements while Archbishop of Buenos Aires and after his elevation to pope, his secretary of state noted that is not an institution.”

“That’s because celibacy among Catholic clergy has been around for 1,000 years, it is considered a man-made rule which can be altered-—rather than dogma, or unchangeable.”


156 posted on 03/13/2015 12:07:19 PM PDT by Trapped Behind Enemy Lines
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