German Catholic bishop in rare call for end to celibacy requirement

NAMPA / DPA

2025-09-19

Frankfurt (dpa) - A German Roman Catholic bishop has made a rare call for the celibacy requirement for priests to be eased in an interview with Germany's Catholic News Agency (KNA) published on Friday. "I call for the celibacy requirement as a condition of the priestly vocation to be lifted," Bishop of Speyer Karl-Heinz Wiesemann told KNA. The Vatican continues to insist that priests and nuns should be celibate, eschewing marriage and refraining......

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