It's very difficult to determine whether this is the fault of the world that has abandoned the Church, or the Church that does not know how to relate to the world. |
more simply and efficiently respond to pastoral needs. |
One reason for the misunderstanding is that we Christians often propose this moralistically instead of giving reasons, instead of convincing. This is a weakness of ours. |
Various Eastern fathers referred to the practice of married priests in their churches, offering each one of us elements for a further careful evaluation of the choice of the Latin church to connect celibacy to ordained priesthood, |
We show deference to the civil authorities when they respect the divine origin of their power and when they serve the people with objective reference to the law of God. |