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BY ERIC MORALES
Rome – A renewed light has shone on the issue of celibacy within the Catholic Church as Pope Francis receives a letter urging him to allow priests to have sex and marry.
Over two dozen women who claim they are having affairs with Catholic priests have written to Pope Francis urging him to end the priestly vow of celibacy within the Catholic Church. The group of women who met through a Facebook campaign wrote to the Pope stating that they were just a small sample of women who are secretly in love with Catholic priests, and keeping their relationships a secret.
“We love these men, they love us, and in most cases, despite all efforts to renounce it, one cannot manage to give up such a solid and beautiful bond,” they wrote. “We humbly place our suffering at your feet in the hope that something may change, not just for us, but for the good of the entire Church,” unnamed women continued in the letter that was first reported by the website Vatican Insider.
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