Retired Pope Benedict Pushes Back on Proposed Change to Priestly Celibacy

Retired Pope Benedict’s new book on celibacy has intensified debate over the proper role of a former pope

ROME—Retired Pope Benedict XVI is publicly defending the Catholic Church’s traditional rule of priestly celibacy, the former pontiff’s most explicit effort so far to influence a decision by his successor Pope Francis, who is considering a proposal to routinely ordain married men as Roman Catholic priests for the first time in almost a millennium.

The move poses the latest test of a historically unique arrangement: the coexistence of two popes in the Vatican, made especially complex by the theological differences between the...

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