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  • Make Sure Seminarians Can Live in Celibacy, Says Pope

    02/02/2005 6:58:04 AM PST · by Salvation · 179 replies · 2,372+ views
    Zenit.org ^ | 02-01-05 | Zenit.org
    Code: ZE05020104Date: 2005-02-01Make Sure Seminarians Can Live in Celibacy, Says PopeSuggests That Specialists Be Used to Verify ThisVATICAN CITY, FEB. 1, 2005 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II says the emotional maturity of candidates for the priesthood, and their ability to live in celibacy, must be verified from the moment they enter the seminary. The Pope made this proposal in the message he sent today to Cardinal Zenon Grocholewski, prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education, on the occasion of the Vatican dicastery's plenary session in Rome. "Already from the moment of the admission of young men to the seminary, their ability...