A high-profile Irish bishop who tended some of the dead and wounded of Bloody Sunday has called for an end to celibacy in the clergy.
Edward Daly, who was bishop of Derry for nearly 20 years, said allowing the clergy to marry would solve some of the church's problems. He is the most senior figure in Irish Catholicism to challenge the ban.
The number of Catholic priests in Ireland is in sharp decline as older clergy die out and very few young men choose to take up a celibate life. In some parishes the church has transferred priests from Poland and the developing world to fill the gap.
"There will always be a place in the church for a celibate priesthood, but there should also be a place for a married priesthood in the church," he said on BBC Radio Ulster. Full story...
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Edward Daly, who was bishop of Derry for nearly 20 years, said allowing the clergy to marry would solve some of the church's problems. He is the most senior figure in Irish Catholicism to challenge the ban.
The number of Catholic priests in Ireland is in sharp decline as older clergy die out and very few young men choose to take up a celibate life. In some parishes the church has transferred priests from Poland and the developing world to fill the gap.
"There will always be a place in the church for a celibate priesthood, but there should also be a place for a married priesthood in the church," he said on BBC Radio Ulster. Full story...
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