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The vow of chastity is “no longer understood by society,” Felix Gmur argues The president of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference has called on the Vatican to abolish its celibacy rule and consider admitting female priests, after a study revealed more than 1,000 cases of sex abuse by priests since 1950. “Celibacy means that I am available to God. But I believe that this sign is no longer understood by society today,” Bishop Felix Gmur told the Neue Zurcher Zeitung newspaper on Saturday. “The time is ripe to abolish celibacy,” he continued, adding: “I have no problem at all imagining married priests.” The Catholic Church

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