• Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.

    Pope Benedict XVI: Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord.
    "Celibacy and the Priesthood: An Interview with the Future Pope Benedict XVI". Interview with Peter Seewald, www.catholicculture.org.