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Archbishop Oscar Cruz said making celibacy optional for priests would be very expensive because the faithful will have to support not only the priest but his family as well.
Cruz, the current head of the National Appellate Matrimonial Tribunal of the CBCP and in charge of the dispensation of priests in the country, was reacting to a story of 26 Italian women who wrote to Pope Francis recently urging the Pontiff to make celibacy optional and end their “devastating suffering” caused by the church’s ban on priests having sex and marrying.
The women told the Pope in a letter published on the website Vatican Insider, “we love these men and they love us. With humility, we place at your feet our suffering so that something can change, not just for us but for the good of the whole church”, adding their men would be able to serve the church “with greater passion” if they are supported by a woman who loves them and their children. …
But Cruz admits there is something in being celibate that attracts men of the cloth to women.
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