In a new book, the former pope makes a firm defense of celibacy for priests as Pope Francis is expected to decide whether to allow married priests in remote regions. Let the intrigue begin.
When popes disagree on celibacy,
a Vatican matter of delicacy,
which “Holiness” (or “Excellency”?)
will point to the other’s irrelevancy?
With real world factors causing despair,
I have to ask, “Why should anyone care
whether priests can be legally wed,
when those ‘in the no’ say religion is dead?”)