"Celibacy is not a matter of compulsion. Someone is accepted as a priest only when he does it of his own accord."
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from "Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the end of the Millennium: An interview with Peter Seewald," by Ratzinger, San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1997
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