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Laity need to ask themselves a question, says Cardinal Ouellet

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José Antonio Méndez - published on 03/27/23
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The cardinal, a scholar on the identity of the priesthood, says removing the discipline of priestly celibacy would have "unforeseeable consequences."

"The suspicions about their lives that priests have to endure sometimes go as far as public insult." These are the words of someone who, from 2010 until his resignation due to age last January, was the Church's top official in the appointment of bishops and one of Pope Francis' most trusted men: Cardinal Marc Ouellet.

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