The Vatican’s communications outfit scrambled on Monday to catch up with a media storm surrounding news two priests have written a book defending the Pope’s own stated position on a hot-button issue. Yes, you read that correctly:
“Two priests have written a book defending the Pope’s own stated position on a hot-button issue.”
When you put it just like that, it’s tough to see the reason for the furore that has erupted over the last news cycle, even when one takes into consideration that the particular hot-button issue is very hot, indeed: priestly celibacy. Even when one specifies that the two priests are senior bishops — the Pope Emeritus and a senior official in the current pope’s administration — it doesn’t get much easier see what all the fuss over the volume is about.
