The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity.
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POPE JOHN XXIII Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about ... POPE JOHN XXIII The true and solid peace of nations consists not in equality of arms, but in mutual trust alone. POPE JOHN XXIII Here I am at the end of the road and at the top of the heap. POPE JOHN XXIII Christian life means sacrifice. POPE JOHN XXIII Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity. POPE JOHN XXIII Anybody can be Pope; the proof of this is that I have become one. POPE JOHN XXIII Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon ... POPE JOHN XXIII The feelings of my smallness and my nothingness always kept me good company. POPE JOHN XXIII Christ's flock is made up of sheep that not only listen to their shepherd, but are also able to ... POPE JOHN XXIII The family is the first essential cell of human society. POPE JOHN XXIII A peaceful man does more good than a learned one. 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