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Celibacy

  • Jesus never mandated celibacy — so why does the Church?

    Most priests in the early Church were married, including the apostles Peter and Phillip. The shift toward mandatory celibacy grew from gnostic ideas and monastic movements, eventually becoming a flashpoint in the East West Schism of 1054.

    Jesus never mandated celibacy — so why does the Church?

  • Bishop’s 2028 ultimatum: married priests or collapse?

    With Belgium’s seminary pipeline effectively empty, Bishop John Bonny argues that importing clergy from other continents is a form of pastoral colonialism. His 2028 target is a direct challenge to a Church model he believes is structurally broken in the secularised West.

    Bishop’s 2028 ultimatum: married priests or collapse?

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