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...have been a Catholic priest for 16 years, and feel that Pierre Hermand's argument that celibacy dehumanizes and cuts priests off from the world they are supposed to serve [Aug. 28] is simply not true of all of us. The more intense, our priestly life, the more human we become, since our whole life is dedicated to the service of mankind. At no time have I felt separated from the human race. On the contrary, I long to get away for a few days from the doorbell, phone, sick calls, meetings, etc.-and if I had been allowed...
...Tshombe inspected the ravaged city, he grew so emotional that at one point he stopped to embrace a Belgian priest who had survived the ordeal. He also gathered some much-needed evidence to present to the Organization of African Unity at its emergency Congo conference in Addis Ababa. To reply to the inevitable demand that he get rid of his white mercenary troops, Tshombe needed solid proof that the rebels were indeed bad medicine for the Congo. At Albertville, he picked up at least three valuable exhibits: a series of photographs showing the rebels executing leading citizens, a 22-year...
Since William the Conqueror's day, murder most foul has taken the lives of some half-dozen English kings. But priest and poet always agreed that heaven trembled at such impious acts, for even the most pitiless tyrant ruled by divine right. Oliver Cromwell changed all that. He had King Charles I slain in broad daylight, and explained that God willed it so; he made regicide and revolution fashionable...
...heart of his thesis is that celibacy deprives the priest of man's essential humanity and separates him from the world in which he is supposed to minister. Hermand also argues that celibacy makes the recruitment of priests difficult and, as a corollary, gives rise to sexual transgressions on the part of priests. In France there are about 4,000 former priests and in Italy 15,000, and the fact that most are married testifies to their rejection of the celibate state...
...book, they kept silent in public. "My ideas seemed to provoke a sort of fear." Soon after the book went on sale, the publisher began sending Hermand big brown envelopes containing letters from readers. "At the peak, I received a hundred in one week. Who wrote most? Country priests-those men who live the loneliest of lonely lives. They understood my book; they encouraged me." Then, with an almost apologetic smile. Hermand opened a briefcase and took out a piece of paper, his official release from holy vows. "I am completely free," said Hermand, "except from the vow of chastity...