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Nuns urged to abandon celibacy vow
Posted Sunday, December 27 2009 at 19:16
A group of married Catholic priests have urged nuns to also abandon their celibacy vows and “stop living a life of pretence”.
The group led by Archbishop Daniel Kasomo has disassociated themselves with the traditional Roman Catholic Church doctrine of celibacy.
Dr Kasomo said infidelity was rife among the church’s rank and file and called on priests having secret love affairs to come out in the open and formally get married.
One of the married priests, Peter Njogu, said nuns should get married because celibacy in the church had proved unworkable.
Congregation
The priests were speaking in Wamagana, Nyeri, during a celebration of 20 years of priesthood in honour of Mr Njogu.
The prayers, attended by a small congregation, took place at a private compound, about 200 metres from Wamagana Catholic Church.
Dr Kasomo was ordained by controversial Zambian cleric Emmanuel Milingo in June this year. Pope Benedict XVI recently defrocked Archbishop Milingo for his continued ordination of married priests.
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Submitted by morettaPosted January 12, 2010 11:16 AM
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Submitted by Jaynjoroge
Arch Kasomo, it makes no sense for you to urge nuns nor priests to abandon their religious life and marry! i agree with you that in our catholic church, there so many eveil things that goes behind the door among the priests involved in weird n eveil ways not to mention some have been involved in some issues! however, lets not forget we still have many faithful ones! let them do it voluntarily
Posted January 11, 2010 08:38 AM -
Submitted by mwalinafiki
archbishop kasomo stop being cheeky! nobody forces any catholic to take celibacy vows and nobody forces anyone to stay if they find the vows unbearable.pouring scorn over other peoples choices exposes you as pretentious and bitter.your behaviour is similar to the gay anglicans who would tear their communion apart, just to prove a point by getting ordained. the christian message is lost in the end and the wholebody of christ suffers.little wonder many africans are converting to terrorist religions!
Posted December 30, 2009 06:28 PM -
Submitted by Shilavula
Why should we believe this fellows yet they took the celibacy vows. The division they are causing is neither good for the church nor themselves. Could they prove facts from the Holy Book? They are truly lost whoever follows them blindly will surely become blind. They need more prayers from the flock.
Posted December 28, 2009 08:59 PM
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Arch Kasomo, celibacy is a gift from God and no one can be forced to take it. the fact that you and many others can not bear it doesn't mean there aren't those who are ready. if one is not satisfied with the doctrines of the Catholic Church he is allowed to leave. but it would be fair not to justify your opinions by driving others to believe in them. they have their own vows esp in the nuns congregations