Ex Pope Benedict Breaks Silence to Defend Priest Celibacy as Pope Francis Consider Relaxing Rules

5:50pm PST - January 12th, 2020    bombshell - Time

(VATICAN CITY) — Retired Pope Benedict XVI has broken his silence to reaffirm the value of priestly celibacy, co-authoring a bombshell book at the precise moment that Pope Francis is weighing whether to allow married men to be ordained to address the Catholic…