Celibacy does not cause or create hypocrisy, it is the homoesexuality that does that.
I don’t think the priests, Bishops and Pope are nuts, they are realists and believe that being married in a prophetic sense to the will of God is far preferable than anything early.
Do we think too much as men do and not as God does?
We now have a priesthood of about 42000 priests.
According to writings By Father Cozzens, Petersen and others, somewhere between 20% and 60% are admitted Homosexuals.
This alone is an Oxymoron since such priests practicing Homosexual Lifestyles are living in sin and it is against the teachings of the bible.
If you are not practicing such a lifestyle why announce you are Homosexual.
This problem is surely confusing and a burden for celibate, straight priests to be living among. in and of itself.
My point is celibacy did not cause the hypocracy, the decision by the Pope and the Vatican to accept thousands of Anglican Married priests to join the Roman Catholic Church, and keep their own structure and practices will cause it.
If I was a celibate Catholic Priest and chose to get married I would join the Anglican group aligned and part of the Catholic church and take a wife.
How can one group be married and another in the same church be refused. it doesn,t make sense.
Under these rules a man joining the priesthood should be able to choose to live Celibate or get married.
The church still needs a purge!!
I’m in agreement with you, Salvation. I trust in Pope Benedict to handle this correctly.