An editorial recently appeared on CNN.com. (www.cnn.com/2009/US/05/1...y/index.html) (Thanks Maple.) In it, Rev. Robert Barron argues for celibacy for priests, stating that the priest's fascination with "another world" sets him apart and makes him valuable to the community in a special way. I think he's full of it.

I wrote about in my blog (thelifeluster.blogspot.com/).

Briefly:

The fascination Rev. Barron speaks about is a dangerous thing, insofar as it provides fertile soil for all kinds of projections and transferences (psychologically speaking). A priest friend of mine described his ministry as "one among many" as opposed to "one above many," a trap he felt many of his fellow priests get caught up in. This friend of mine, being a convert to both Christianity and to Catholicism, didn't have the priest fetish or idealism that Catholics are raised with. (I was raised Catholic, and practiced for more than 35 years.)

Read more: thelifeluster.blogspot.com/