Speaking at a Vatican conference on the priesthood, Fr. Gianfranco Ghirlanda said the Church has never claimed that celibacy is “intrinsic” to the priesthood, and, in fact, the Eastern Catholic churches have maintained the discipline of having both celibate and married clergy, and the Latin church has welcomed married priests coming from other denominations.
 

 

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