“Now, more than ever, there’s a real need to understand celibacy,” Fr. Carter Griffin shares with Doug Keck, host of EWTN Bookmark. “With the continuing shortage of priests, with scandals in the priesthood,” Fr. Griffin continues, “many wonder if celibacy is part of the problem.”
“Now, more than ever, there’s a real need to understand celibacy,” Fr. Carter Griffin shares with Doug Keck, host of EWTN Bookmark. “With the continuing shortage of priests, with scandals in the priesthood,” Fr. Griffin continues, “many wonder if celibacy is part of the...
Why Celibacy? Reclaiming The Fatherhood Of The Priest
“The Church today demands a profound renewal of celibate priesthood and the fatherhood to which it is ordered.” Priestly celibacy, some say, is an outdated relic from another age. Others see it as a lonely way of life. But as Fr. Carter Griffin argues in Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest, the ancient practice of celibacy, when lived well, helps a priest exercise his spiritual fatherhood joyfully...
