Pope Francis No 2 Clerical Celibacy Is Open To Discussion

NBC News, F. Brinley Bruton, Staff Writer, Archbishop Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state of the Vatican, opens up about potential modifications to the strict traditions of priestly celibacy. Pope Francis addressed the matter last year, prior to becoming pope, saying he was in favor of maintaining the tradition "for the moment." NBC's MichelleKosinski reports from London.The Vatican's new secretary of state has said that priestly celibacy is not church dogma and therefore open to discussion, marking a significant change in approach towards one of the thorniest issues facing the Roman Catholic Church."Celibacy is not an institution but look, it is also true that you can discuss (it) because as you say this is not a dogma, a dogma of the church," Archbishop Pietro Parolin said in response to a question during an interview with Venezuelan newspaper El Universal.Archbishop Pietro Parolin is theVatican's secretary of state.He added that while it was not dogma, clerical celibacy was a deeply entrenched Catholic tradition."The efforts that the church made to keep ecclesiastical celibacy, to impose ecclesiastical celibacy, have to be taken into consideration," Parolin said. "One cannot say simply that this belongs in the past."As secretary of state, Parolin is the head of government and seen as the most powerful official at the Vatican after the pontiff. Many of Pope Francis' predecessors had declared the subject off-limits. "There has been a lot of resistance to discussing the issue of celibacy," said Abigal Frymann, online editor and former foreign editor with U.K.-based Catholic weekly The Tablet. "[Parolin's comments] open up a fascinating argument."Father Federico Lombardi, the director of the Holy See's press office, said Parolin's comments were "in line with the teachings of the church.""NBC News' Claudio Lavanga contributed to this report."RELATED ARTICLES:FEMALE BISHOPS VOTED IN BY CHURCH IN WALES"THE RECALIBRATION OF AWARENESS - APR 20/21, 2012 (KRYON CHANNELED BY LEE CARROLL) (Subjects: Old Energy, Recalibration Lectures, God / Creator, Religions/Spiritual systems (Catholic Church, Priests/Nun's, Worship, John Paul Pope, WOMEN IN THE CHURCH OTHERWISE CHURCH WILL GO, CURRENT POPE WON'T DO IT), Middle East, Jews, Governments will change (Internet, Media, Democracies, Dictators, North Korea, Nations voted at once), Integrity (Businesses, Tobacco Companies, Bankers/ Financial Institutes, Pharmaceutical company to collapse), Illuminati (Started in Greece, with Shipping, Financial markets, Stock markets, Pharmaceutical money (fund to build Africa, to develop)), Shift of Human Consciousness, (Old) Souls, Women, Masters to/already come back, Global Unity.... etc.) "- "(Text version)"... I gave you a channelling years ago when Pope John Paul was alive. John Paul loved Mary, the mother. Had John Paul survived another 10 years, he would have done what the next Pope [The one after the current one, Benedict XVI] will do, and that is to bring women into the Church. This Pope you have now [Benedict XVI] won't be here long.* The next Pope will be the one who has to change the rules, should he survive. If he doesn't, it will be the one after that.There it a large struggle within the Church, even right now, and great dissention, for it knows that it is not giving what humanity wants. The doctrine is not current to the puzzles of life. The answer will be to create a better balance between the feminine and masculine, and the new Pope, or the one after that, will try to allow women to be in the higher echelon of the Church structure to assist the priests.It will be suggested to let women participate in services, doing things women did not do before. This graduates them within church law to an equality with priests, but doesn't actually let them become priests just yet. However, don't be surprised if this begins in another way, and instead gives priests the ability to marry. This will bring the feminine into the church in other ways. It will eventually happen and has to happen. If it does not, it will be the end of the Catholic Church, for humanity will not sustain a spiritual belief system that is out of balance with the love of God and also out of balance with intuitive Human awareness....""THE RECALIBRATION OF BELIEF"- AUG 18, 2013 (KRYON CHANNELLING BY LEE CARROLL)