{"id":161,"date":"2010-06-11T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/06\/popewatch-more-papal-apologies-for-abuse-but-no-budging-on-celibacy.html"},"modified":"2010-06-11T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T13:00:00","slug":"popewatch-more-papal-apologies-for-abuse-but-no-budging-on-celibacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beliefbeat\/2010\/06\/popewatch-more-papal-apologies-for-abuse-but-no-budging-on-celibacy.html","title":{"rendered":"PopeWatch: More Papal Apologies for Abuse, But No Budging on Celibacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict has marked the end of this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-while-church-focused-on-goods-of-priesthood-satan-tried-to-tarnish-priests\/\">unfortunately-timed (thanks to Satan?) &#8220;Year for Priests<\/a><\/a>&#8221; with more apologies for the clergy abuse scandal,&nbsp;asking for forgiveness and vowing&nbsp;during a huge rally of&nbsp;clergy in St. Peter&#8217;s Square&nbsp;to do <a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/document.php?n=997\">&#8220;everything possible<\/a>&#8221; to prevent such horrors from happening again. He also staunchly defended&nbsp;celibacy, however, which<a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/comment\/faith\/article7128623.ece\"> some Catholics blame for declining vocatio<\/a>ns &#8212; a&nbsp;significant obstacle if the church wants a wider pool of&nbsp;psychologically healthy&nbsp;candidates &#8212;&nbsp;and argue should no longer be mandatory&nbsp;(in addition to the <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beliefbeat\/2010\/05\/popewatch-mistresses-of-priests-send-letter-to-vatican-urging-end-to-mandatory-celibacy.html\">exceptions already made for some priests on a case-by-case basis<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>My Top 5 List of related links:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20100610\/ap_on_re_eu\/eu_pope_priests\">Pope defends celibacy for priests at Vatican rally <\/a>(Associated Press)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/news\/nationworld\/world\/la-fg-pope-20100611,0,320866.story\">Pope Benedict rejects calls to end celibacy rule <\/a>(L.A. Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncronline.org\/blogs\/ncr-today\/priests-rally-defend-pope-pope-defends-celibacy\">As priests rally to defend pope, pope defends celibacy<\/a> (National Catholic Reporter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicsdaily.com\/2010\/06\/11\/pope-asks-forgiveness-for-clergy-sex-scandals-no-word-on-bishop\/\">Pope Asks Forgiveness for Clergy Sex Scandals; No Word on Bishops <\/a>(Politics Daily)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/WORLD\/europe\/06\/11\/vatican.pope.abuse\/index.html\">Pope addresses priest abuse scandal <\/a>(CNN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Plus a bonus: <a href=\"http:\/\/content.usatoday.com\/communities\/Religion\/post\/2010\/06\/sex-abuse-catholic-pope-benedict-forgiveness-apology\/1\">Will Pope Benedict&#8217;s apologies for abuse crisis&nbsp;ever be enough?<\/a> (USA Today)<\/p>\n<p>The answer, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapnetwork.org\/snap_statements\/2010_statements\/061110_victims_respond_pope_fails_to_take_action.htm\">victims advocate groups&nbsp;I&#8217;ve followed&nbsp;<\/a>during this crisis, seems to be: No. Not unless those words are accompanied by drastic, definitive action.<\/p>\n<p>What do you think? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/feedburner.google.com\/fb\/a\/mailverify?uri=beliefnet\/beliefbeat\">Click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>subscribe to Belief Beat<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><\/a>and<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/beliefbeat\">click here to<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong>follow Belief Beat on Twitter<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Benedict has marked the end of this unfortunately-timed (thanks to Satan?) &#8220;Year for Priests&#8221; with more apologies for the clergy abuse scandal,&nbsp;asking for forgiveness and vowing&nbsp;during a huge rally of&nbsp;clergy in St. Peter&#8217;s Square&nbsp;to do &#8220;everything possible&#8221; to prevent such horrors from happening again. 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