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Feb 4, '11, 7:30 pm
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Associated Press: "German theologians call for end to celibacy"
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AP: German theologians call for end to celibacy
By JUERGEN BAETZ, Associated Press Juergen Baetz, Associated Press – Fri Feb 4, 2:58 pm ET
BERLIN – University theologians in Germany have called on the Catholic Church to abandon the vow of celibacy for priests, open up the clergy for women and accept gays couples.
The 143 professors said the church must implement bold reforms because of "a crisis without precedent" following the discovery of widespread sexual and physical abuses by clergymen a year ago.
More Christians than ever have turned their backs on the Catholic Church in the past year, they said. "The Church has to understand these signs and move beyond its ossified structures to regain new vitality and credibility."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110204/...church_reforms
Further down in the article, it says the "Vatican" has "veto" power over appointing theologians. Hopefully they start exercising it!
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