Celibacy Quote by William P. Leahy Download Open image “The church may hold whatever it holds with regard to clerical celibacy.” — William P. Leahy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Celibacy Church May Regard
The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never… — Gene Robinson Copy Share Image
Priestly celibacy has been guarded by the Church for centuries as a brilliant jewel, and retains its value undiminished even in our time when… — Pope Paul VI Copy Share Image
The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
That clerical celibacy doesn't guarantee asceticism is obvious, any more than attending Mass guarantees prayerfulness (trust me on that one). But it preserves the… — Ross Douthat Copy Share Image
Everyone agrees the celibacy rule is just a Church law dating from the 11th century, not a divine command. — Hans Kung Copy Share Image
Jesus Christ never preached there should be celibate priests. The only reason the church has this is because it's a mechanism of power and… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
If, hypothetically, Western Catholicism were to review the issue of celibacy, I think it would do so for cultural reasons, not so much as… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“as Barbara Tuchman, author of Distant Mirror, put it, “clerical celibacy was a joke.” Despite the previous ban on clerical marriages, nuns, monks, cardinals,… — Charles River Editors Copy Share Image
“Though I wholeheartedly supported celibacy at the start of my seminary career, my opinion changed as I made my way toward and through priesthood.” — Charles Benedict Copy Share Image
Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation… — Angelo Scola Copy Share Image
How deep a wound to morals and social purity has that accursed article of the celibacy of the clergy been! Even the best and… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
The challenge for the church is how do we have unity about basic beliefs and yet respect individual differences. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
What we're about is a manifestation of the Catholic roots of Boston College. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
I would say the hierarchy has made terrible errors in judgment and it has to seek forgiveness by its members. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
I say let's respond as best we can to the victims and their families. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
No organization, whether it's police or physicians or whatever, wants to have its errors held up to the light of day, but it's wrong,… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
I would be with those who say the hierarchy in the United States has badly mishandled this whole situation. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
The more we can get together and talk about various perspectives, feelings, beliefs, the better. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
One of the biggest issues that we face is that we have people who have their own particular concerns, whether it's on abortion, birth… — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
We've always had issues up for discussion at Catholic universities. — William P. Leahy Copy Share Image
“This worldly life is very difficult. Mother-in-law comes, mother of the mother-in-law comes, sister of mother-in-law comes, aunt of mother-in-law comes. How many mother-in-laws… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“Masturbation is not the happiest form of sexuality, but the most advisable for him who wants to be alone and think. I detect the… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“Sheel (the highest state of conduct in worldly interaction) is where not even an iota of a wrong intent arises within.” — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
Yes, hypothetically, western Catholicism could revise the theme of celibacy. ... But for the moment, I am in favor of maintaining celibacy, with the… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
It is impossible to believe that the same God who permitted His own son to die a bachelor regards celibacy as an actual sin. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“It is better to lock up your heart with a merciless padlock, than to fall in love with someone who doesn't know what they… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
In the name of celibacy, sex has been repressed for centuries and you have become just full of sexuality. Rather than transcending it you… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Even supposing there were some spiritual advantage in celibacy, it ought to be completely voluntary. — Richard Whately Copy Share Image
There were the physical challenges of hitchhiking across Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan as they were quite dangerous areas. I wrote about that in… — Radhanath Swami Copy Share Image
Unlike celibacy, which people choose, asexuality is an intrinsic part of who we are. — Mallory Ortberg Copy Share Image
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own… — Roger Lewis Copy Share Image
