Cardinal Hummes and celibacy.
Vatican City Vatican City (văt`ĭkən), independent state (2005 est. pop. 900), 108.7 acres (44 hectares), within the city of Rome, Italy, and the residence of the pope, who is its absolute ruler. -- Another report printed in Canadian dailies asserted that the newly appointed Prefect prefect or praefect (both: prē`fĕkt), in ancient Rome, various military and civil officers. Under the empire some prefects were very important. The Praetorian prefects (first appointed 2 B.C. of the Congregation for the Clergy The Sacred Congregation for the Clergy (Congregatio pro Clericis) is the congregation of the Roman Curia responsible for overseeing matters regarding priests and deacons not belonging to religious orders. , Cardinal Claudio Hummes, 72, had called for changes in the celibacy rule for Latin-rite Catholics. It is not so.
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