Why Celibacy?

About this Episode 

Should married men be ordained priests? Is celibacy still important for the priesthood? The Amazon Synod has made celibacy a hot button topic—but what hasn’t been talked about is how celibacy builds up the Church and why it is a gift, not a burden. Scott Hahn and Fr. Carter Griffin challenge us to rethink celibacy—and fatherhood—on this episode.  

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Learn More 

Interested in learning more? Get your copy of Fr. Carter Griffin’s Why Celibacy?: Reclaiming the Fatherhood of the Priest. 

Another helpful audio resource is Scott Hahn’s Christian Fatherhood: Dad-ness with Gladness, a set of talks that illuminates the true meaning of fatherhood.  

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