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Letter Calls on Pope to End Priestly Celibacy
By Hugh Collins - AOL News(May 28) -- A group of Italian women claiming to have had affairs with Catholic Church officials has posted an open letter to Pope Benedict XVI calling for an end to priestly celibacy. A priest "needs to live with his fellow human beings, experience feelings, love and be loved," the letter said, according to The Guardian. The letter dismisses priestly celibacy as a "man-made" law that should be adapted to modern times. The letter was endorsed by a dozen women, but only three actually attached their names to it. One of these women was Stefania Salomone, who claims she had a five-year ...
Let Priests Marry? Austrian Cardinal Schönborn Roils the Vatican
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAustrian Cardinal Christoph Schönborn is a former student of the current pope whose efforts in the 2005 conclave were key to Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's election as Benedict XVI. But these days Schönborn has the Vatican and conservative Catholics wondering whether he's helping his friend, given the independent-minded streak Schönborn has shown amid the ongoing clergy sexual abuse crisis. In March, Schönborn set off alarm bells in Rome when he said that mandatory celibacy -- the longstanding rule that priests must not marry -- should be included in an "unflinching examination" of the ...
Vatican's Handling of Clergy Sex Abuse Gets Failing Grade in Survey
By David Gibson - Politics DailyAmerican Catholics by a nearly 2-1 margin think the Vatican has done a "poor job" handling the clergy sex abuse crisis, a dim view that follows months of embarrassing revelations and reports of persistent inaction by top church officials, including then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI. Yet there is some good news for Rome as perceptions of Benedict have improved markedly of late, with 43 percent of Catholics now saying they view the pontiff favorably, up from just 27 percent in March. ...
Priest Sex Abuse Survey: Catholics See Links to Celibacy, Homosexuality
By David Gibson - Politics DailyGays in the priesthood and the ban on married priests are significant factors contributing to the sexual abuse of children by clergy, according to American Catholics surveyed in a new poll -- though researchers note there is little evidence to support such views. In the CBS News/New York Times poll released Tuesday, 31 percent of Catholics said they thought celibacy was a major factor leading to sexual abuse, while almost the same number (30 percent) said they believed homosexuality played a major role. Some 28 percent called celibacy a "minor factor" and 23 percent said homosexuality was a ...
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