Abolishing Celibacy Will Be Irrevocable - Cardinal Eijk
Allowing married priests is no solution, Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht, Netherlands, told the pro-Francis IlGiornale.it (December 13),
If celibacy would be abolished for certain territories "inequality" would arise, “Once it is decided in this way, it becomes irrevocable”, Eijk explained. This would mean the loss of a "splendid and fruitful centuries-old [apostolic] tradition of the Latin Church".
The cardinal further points out that remarried divorcees may not receive Communion and that this Catholic “long-time [apostolic] doctrine and practice” cannot be changed by footnotes [in Amoris Laetita] nor by [Francis'] inflight interviews.
Eijk underlines that Catholic doctrine “is valid for the whole world” and calls on Francis “to provide clarity on this”.
He opposes the situation created by Francis that "in one ecclesiastical province one thing is proposed and practiced, and in another something else is promulgated”.
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If celibacy would be abolished for certain territories "inequality" would arise, “Once it is decided in this way, it becomes irrevocable”, Eijk explained. This would mean the loss of a "splendid and fruitful centuries-old [apostolic] tradition of the Latin Church".
The cardinal further points out that remarried divorcees may not receive Communion and that this Catholic “long-time [apostolic] doctrine and practice” cannot be changed by footnotes [in Amoris Laetita] nor by [Francis'] inflight interviews.
Eijk underlines that Catholic doctrine “is valid for the whole world” and calls on Francis “to provide clarity on this”.
He opposes the situation created by Francis that "in one ecclesiastical province one thing is proposed and practiced, and in another something else is promulgated”.
Picture: © Mazur/catholicnews.org.uk, CC BY-SA, #newsAymwsagqcr