Why? Aren't priests required to vow celibacy?
"Celibacy is celibacy. Even if your thing is goats!"
Lunatic Fringe said: "Celibacy is celibacy. Even if your thing is goats!"
I think this ruling just goes to show that the Pope believes that in real life, celibacy is discreet sexual relationships. He thinks that discreet heterosexual relationships will be restricted to the consensual with those of legal age to consent. It would certainly be an improvement if the sex were restricted to adults. It remains to be seen whether the Pope is right. It also remains to be seen what effect this ruling has on vocations.
Many are not remaining celebit, thats the problem.
I had a gay priest as a neighbor for a couple of years. He had more dates than a palm tree.
How do you know your homosexual if your celibate. Seems like a conflict of terms.