Consecrated women reveal to priests the true face of celibacy, nun says at Vatican symposium

Sister Alexandra Diriart argues that in their poverty, consecrated women reveal to priests the true face of priestly celibacy.

Consecrated women can reveal to priests the true face of their priestly celibacy, according to a French nun, Sister Alexandra Diriart. She spoke February 18, 2022, at a three-day symposium at the Vatican on the priesthood.

A professor at the Pontifical John Paul II Theological Institute for the Sciences of Marriage and Family, the apostolic sister of the community of St. John gave a conference on the theme of “states of life” in the Church.