The Nation (Nairobi)
3 July 2009
The Catholic Encyclopedia defines celibacy as the practice of perfect continence on the part of priests and bishops aimed at fostering single-minded devotion to God, according to the longstanding discipline of the Latin church. In essence, celibacy forbids marriage by priests and bishops and normally excludes married men from ordination.
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good article, I'll rather add that lay chritians have roles to play in the processes leading to ordination of priest. Lay christians should help to submit to bishops information regarding the candidates to avoid ordination of fake priest. It is the church communities that should help the candidates to the vocation, that is the calling so that the candidates know that they can not force themselves in vocation that is not theirs and in the end betray the church and disappoint the christians. Thanks Robert Ojok