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The Daily PollPoll: Should the Catholic Church remove clerical celibacy requirement?
A Vatican official has said it could be discussed.
THE SECOND-IN-COMMAND to Pope Francis in the Vatican has raised the issue of celibacy in the Catholic Church, opening up the possibility that it could be discussed.
Celibacy is “not a dogma of the Church”, Pietro Parolin told a Venezuelan newspaper recently. Rather, it is just a tradition.
What do you think? Today we ask: Should the Catholic Church remove clerical celibacy requirement?
Poll Results:
No (4851)
Yes (4505)
I don't know (373)
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