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20-11-2006, 04:10 AM
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This week's statement from the Vatican reaffirming celibacy for priests prompted an essay from commentator Peter Manseau. Manseau grew up in a household where his father, a former Roman Catholic priest, taught him that celibacy was damaging to faith and to the men of the clergy. Yet as an adult, Manseau finds himself irresistibly drawn to a life as a monk.
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This week's statement from the Vatican reaffirming celibacy for priests prompted an essay from commentator Peter Manseau. Manseau grew up in a household where his father, a former Roman Catholic priest, taught him that celibacy was damaging to faith and to the men of the clergy. Yet as an adult, Manseau finds himself irresistibly drawn to a life as a monk.
This news item is from the NPR Religion service.
Click here for fuller text... (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6510676&ft=1&f=1016)