From the depths of our hearts : priesthood, celibacy and the crisis of the Catholic Church / Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah ; translated by Michael J. Miller.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: San Francisco, CA : Ignatius Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 148 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
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- Des profondeurs de nos cœurs. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"The priesthood is going through a dark time", according to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and Robert Cardinal Sarah. "Wounded by the revelation of so many scandals, disconcerted by the constant questioning of their consecrated celibacy, many priests are tempted by the thought of giving up and abandoning everything."
In this book, the pope emeritus and the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments give their brother priests, and the whole Church, a message of hope. They honestly address the spiritual challenges faced by priests today, while pointing to deeper conversion to Jesus Christ as the key to faithful and fruitful priestly ministry and genuine reform.
Benedict XVI and Cardinal Sarah "fraternally offer these reflections to the people of God and, of course, in a spirit of filial obedience, to Pope Francis", who has said, "I think that celibacy is a gift for the Church. . . . I don't agree with allowing optional celibacy, no."
Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from participants in the Amazonian Synod, two wise, spiritually astute pastors explain the importance of priestly celibacy for the good of the whole Church. Drawing on Vatican II, they present celibacy as not just "a mere precept of ecclesiastical law", but as a sharing in Jesus' sacrifice on the Cross and his identity as Bridegroom of the Church.
Translated from the French.
Originally published as "Des profondeurs de nos cœurs": Paris : Librarie Arthème Fayard, ©2020.
"Responding to calls for refashioning the priesthood, including proposals from the Amazonian Synod, two ... pastors explain the biblical and spiritual role of the priesthood, celibacy, and genuine priestly ministry. Drawing on Vatican II, they present priestly celibacy as more than 'a mere precept of ecclesiastical law.' They insist that renewal of the Church is bound to a renewed understanding of priestly vocation as sharing in Jesus' priestly identity as Bridegroom of the Church"--Publisher marketing.
Editor's note -- What do you fear? / Introduction by the two authors -- I. The Catholic priesthood / by Benedict XVI -- II. Loving to the end: an ecclesiological and pastoral look at priestly celibacy / by Robert Cardinal Smith -- In the shadow of the cross / Conclusion by the two authors.