Celibacy not "theologically necessary"

February 20, 2008

The new head of the German Bishops Conference on celibacy:http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,2144,3135174,00.htmlAnd when the media doesn't haveany other issues with the Church, you can always make one up: St. Pat's Spat Pits Church Vs. Cities

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/us/AP-St-Patricks-Day-Flap.html

Margaret O’Brien Steinfels is a former editor of Commonweal.

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