... Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.


from "Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the end of the Millennium: An interview with Peter Seewald," by Ratzinger, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997

Pope Benedict XVI Quotes

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.