According to the Catholic Church’s code of canon Celibacy is a special gift from God. They consider it as a discipline and not a doctrine as they believe it’s a way of following Christ and also that the church is the family. Those who are happy with the law say it allows the priest time and energy to focus completely on their flock and emulate Jesus who was unmarried and more faithful in his service. For decades, the Catholic Church has been known to having priests and sisters live their whole life without a partner but in recent years, a huge number of sex abuses have surfaced within the catholic church which have caused lot of people question the faith of the catholic church and also to put a question mark on the legitimacy of the celibacy.
From his window, Pope Francis on this day Wednesday the 12th 2020 backed away from a huge anticipated decision on allowing married priests in the amazon. He urged bishops to encourage missionaries in the amazon as a way of addressing the shortage of priests instead. In Response, “Francis was scared of splitting the church” says Marco Politi a veteran Vatican watcher who authored “The Loneliness of Francis” while many feel very not satisfied, they have no other choice but to stay with the law.
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